On 05/11/2014 08:20 AM, Big Al wrote:

Caver1 said on 5/11/2014 12:28 AM:
I want to disable Internet Explorer 11. I have done everything that
Microsoft says you have to do to disable IE 11. Which really isn't that
much.
First I made Firefox the default browser. Didn't work as IE kept opening
up when links were clicked, even if they were clicked in Firefox. So I
decided to disable IE. Microsoft says that if you disable IE 11 then
nothing can access it as certain files are deleted so IE cannot run. So
I went to Program and FeaturesTurn Windows Features on or offDefault
ProgramsSet Associationsthen I unchecked IE 11. Supposedly that is
all you have to do. I even restarted the computer,didn't have to. In
File Associations I changed all IE entries to Firefox. When I made these
changes all IE icons were changed to FF.
Now I start FF click a link and IE starts up. How? Supposedly files have
been deleted. I used search in Windows Explorer looking for IE's .exe
file and it is not found. I look thru the part of the file system that I
can see and I can't find IE's .exe file .So how is IE starting up?
Supposedly if you disable IE 11 certain files are deleted and if you
reenable IE 11 Windows has to download the deleted files. So if those
files are gone how is IE running?
Any solution?


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Caver1

I'm not sure what you got going on, but I simply installed Google
Chrome, and made it default and everything points to Chrome except those
hard coded IE links. Windows update goes and linto IE, at least from desktop
that is. You can do windows updates from the metro windows of from
settings in the charm bar. Some have reported IE is needed, I'm not
sure of that.

"Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows
8.1, and Windows RT 8.1 include functionality that allows
users to remove all the visible entry points to Internet Explorer and
to set another browser as the default. Once access is removed and
another browser is chosen as the default, all Internet Explorer icons
and menu entries will be removed and Windows will no longer
automatically launch Internet Explorer. However, it remains possible for
apps and end users to directly invoke and launch Internet Explorer."
is quoted from here;
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...t-Explorer-off
And look here;
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...puter-defaults

My system is 8.1 with that last update 1 with basically no tweaks. A
recent reload of the system (4 weeks ago). and I rarely see IE but its
there!


I don't want links I click to open IE. I don't use it either but I want
more than just to rarely see it. If 8.1 would respect my wishes, as
Microsoft says it will, I would be satisfied with not disabling it.
In XP I set Firefox as the default and those same links opened in fire
fox so they are not hard coded for IE.

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Caver1