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Run Internet Explorer and Firefox without Addons

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If you’ve run into a problem with an IE addon, and want to be able to use Internet Explorer as usual, you can disable the addons and run Internet Explorer without any addons.

Here’s how you can disable all addons/extensions and run IE 7 or even IE 8 without them:

  • Go to Start > Run
  • Type iexplore -extoff
  • Press Enter

Internet Explorer will now run without any additional functionality from addons and you’ll see a page like this:

Internet Explorer Without Addons

If you want to be able to use addons again, you’ll have to close Internet Explorer and then start it again.

Run Firefox Without Extensions

Similarly, if you’re having any problems with Firefox, you could disable addons and run it in safe mode. Here’s how:

  • Go to the Run dialog by going to Start > Run
  • Type firefox -safe-mode
  • A window will popup asking things that you want to disable or reset (eg: reset/disable bookmarks/toolbars, etc.)
  • Give the right choices, and press ‘Restart’ for the changes to take effect

Firefox Running In Safe Mode with Extensions Disabled

Do let us know your questions in the comments.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

April 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am

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  • http://www.nirmaltv.com Nirmal

    I too wrote about opening Firefox in safe mode if its fails to start up.

  • http://mcneris.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-do-you-blog-blogger.html Mcneri: For Bloggers

    Nice tips. But let me ask, what happened to good old re-install latest version of FF after uninstalling the version that one has? Is that not a solution to difficulties running the program?

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    Hello admin, nice site! Good luck! Oh yes, one extra comment – make sure the pages are not too long, keep scrolling a minimum.,

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  • Carlos Carranca

    If you have the Firefox link in the desktop, right click on it and you have a “open in safe mode” option!
    ps: I like your site…

  • Sean Sert

    IE safe-mode no work

  • learnerUser

    AT&T gave us McAfee antivirus, and now Firefox is broken. Might be the add-on from McAfee. I fixed IE 7.0 by reseting to original settings. But McAfee is still broken, and the tips for safe-mode doesn’t solve the problem. Next thing to try is to uninstall and download again.

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  • http://harddrivedatarecoveryservice.org Peter

    Hey there,

    Recently any hyperlink within an email will not open when I click on it & I get the following message -

    “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator”

    Anyone tips anyone?

    Cheers,
    Peter

  • Scott

    Beeeeautiful.
    Macs don’t have a “Start” menu, thank goodness. But the tip is PC-centric. X-b

  • http://geile-boys.thumblogger.com Joshua Folkmann

    Also das ist eine wirklich wichtige Frage und oft ist die Antwort vielen Leuten nicht bekannt. Man muss sich ständig bemühen und ausprobieren, damit man die beste Variante für sich finden kann.

  • http://lovelyirene.thumblogger.com Irene

    Subscribes to your feed, since this one seems to work fine. But how did you get the safe mode one running?

  • cdphoto

    I am still having problems using the new twitter. won’t let me post a new tweet. Wanted to follow your instructions for Firefox, but they seem to be written for PC. Please fix this it is really annoying. Once you delete the old twitter, I won’t be able to tweet.

  • dean

    This is so stupid of Twitter! Fix your damn site so it works with add-ons. Time to move into this century. What, did you hire your frat buddy, son, etc. to design this site?

  • Karen B

    None of these recommendations worked. As well, safe mode didn’t open for me. I manually disabled all my add-ons from Tools>Properties. Still cannot post a tweet. Also am constantly being asked to relogin. Something to do with API’s.
    I don’t understand why your site doesn’t work. I can tweet from my phone just fine.

  • david shapiro

    what about firefox on a mac?

  • Saz

    I don’t want to have to restart Firefox in ‘Safe mode’ just to post a tweet! If I’m surfing or whatever, why should I have to close Firefox, reopen it in safe mode, go to the Twitter site, post a Tweet, then close Firefox, and reopen it in normal mode to carry on doing something that might involve a plug-in?! Judging by the rest of the comments, ‘safe mode’ won’t necessarily work anyway. Good job Seesmic on my phone seems stable…

  • Michal

    I totally agree. Reason for stop using Twitter for me. But I have to at work … :-/

  • PD Nickels

    “Turn off your add-ons” IS NOT A SOLUTION! The OLD Twitter works perfectly well with the add-ons!!!
    If you can’t get the New Improved (>>!!???<<) Twitter to work right then at least please LEAVE THE OLD TWITTER FOR US until you get the new Twitter FIXED to work the same as the old one!
    Jheeez!

  • Leonard Mckeon

    what about Safari ..Apple ????

  • Effg

    Sorry! We did something wrong. Try sending your tweet again in a minute

  • http://twitter.com/mmbailey420 Michelle Bailey

    This did not work, I’m still getting,
    Sorry! We did something wrong. Try sending your tweet again in a minute.

  • http://twitter.com/Angelo_Photo Angelo P.. Fotografo

    el mio es el explorador google chrome :S

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Akabar-Navaris/100001139139316 Akabar Navaris

    The answer to “What about Safari .. Apple????” is “don’t use them”

  • edgarportalanza@portalanza.com

    Estimados amigos cada vez que sumo amigos y deseo escribirles sale un mensaje que no puedo enviarles el mensaje y menos aun poder seguirlos

  • joeArchAngel

    I can’t reply messages from my follower..please help me..
    Sorry! We did something wrong. Try sending your tweet again in a minute.

  • Katokata27

    Sorry! We did something wrong. Try sending your tweet again in a minute

  • Bazzanigabriela

    no puedo mandar mensajes directos ,aparede el algo salio mal intente mas tarde

  • Jmolinark955

    im still getting “Sorry we Did something wrong pease try sending ur message again in a minute!” message. i keeped refreshing it and i even got on another computer and still wont let me send dm.

  • http://twitter.com/lizdehart lizdehart

    Blank page, not working in FF 3.4.17. My 32 bit PC can not handle FF 4.0

  • vivin

    hellooo??? what’s going on???i have waiting and still can not tweet my twitter!!!

  • http://twitter.com/ajl1234 Annette Li

    I also can’t see my twitter page…Still blank! I followed the steps, and still didn’t see it. I have FF version 4.0.1; I just upgraded. I have Windows XP. What the heck is going on?

  • bkricansus

    I’m going through the same issue. I don’t know what’s going on. I’ve been having this issue since friday.

  • Monjurahmedbd

    can’t solve problem.

  • http://twitter.com/LuciRedd Sheila T Hunter

    ok my twitter page is blank. i have followed all trouble shooting steps. i have windows xp. now what

  • http://twitter.com/LuciRedd Sheila T Hunter

    did ur problem get fixed

  • http://www.HeartandHobby.com Heart and Hobby

    I had the same problem.  Then I loaded Twitter with the Google Chrome browser instead of Internet Explorer and everything worked perfectly.

  • http://twitter.com/brutusesmom Melanie Bauer

    This did me no good!!!!!

  • Asuka_Camui

    How about Google Chrome?
    I use Google Chrome since Internet Explorer and Firefox is laggy to the point that i can’t use it =/ Hope that doesn’t mean that I can never use Twitter anymore.

  • Guest

    HOW ABOUT GOOGLE CHROME ?!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520960328 Dan Gilman

    I fixed Twitter on Google Chrome, I allowed it to have pop-ups, and that allowed it to have the layout, and then I allowed it to be exempt from AdBlock, there’s some combination of funky javascript it uses for layering divs on a page, that I think the pop-up blocker detected as a pop-up, and some of the content must be dependent on checking to see if it can serve advertisements, worked for me anyway. 

  • Hansung Gim

     I can’t see my twitter page in Windows XP and even in Linux.. I followed every step listed here, but it didn’t.. What should I do ?

  • Mmashuqueahmed

    My twitter page is showing blank.What is the reason Sir?

  • Aodeal

    I have been unable to access twitter for the past 24 hours. I get a blank screen and my profile page won’t load. I have done all the things it says, but nothing works. I have Windows 7 and I cannot access on either Mozilla Firefox or Explorer. Anyone know how to fix this problem?

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