Can't Set IE 8 as default on Vista

Hello,

I can't set IE 8 as default on VISTA.

these didn't work on my ...
Pressing Make default on Internet Options \ Programs [with run as admin...]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153774
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6172036.html
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
in the associated programs IE is missing

the ftp, http, https protocols



any help would be appreciated ...

Athan

Hi,
From Start> Control Panel or Start> Settings> Control Panel, go to Default
Programs> Set Program Access and Computer Defaults> Custom> (expand with
down carats) make sure that "Enable access" is checked and make IE the
default.

What other browsers are installed?
Which appears to be the default?
-
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
newsF67A6E7-8BE2-4851-8225-41AD419226C2@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I can't set IE 8 as default on VISTA.
>
> these didn't work on my ...
> Pressing Make default on Internet Options \ Programs [with run as
admin...]
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153774
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6172036.html
>
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
> in the associated programs IE is missing
>
> the ftp, http, https protocols
>
>
> any help would be appreciated ...
>
> Athan

Hello Don,

Thank you for your reply

IE is missing from this list, Firefox is the default ...
> What other browsers are installed?
Chrome, Firefox
> Which appears to be the default?
Firefox

how can I change the Default Protocols ? FTP, Http, Htps... i managed to
change url. htm, html ...


Thank you


Athan

? "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> ???a?e st? µ???µa
news:Of9EqyfMKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> From Start> Control Panel or Start> Settings> Control Panel, go to Default
> Programs> Set Program Access and Computer Defaults> Custom> (expand with
> down carats) make sure that "Enable access" is checked and make IE the
> default.
>
> -
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
> newsF67A6E7-8BE2-4851-8225-41AD419226C2@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I can't set IE 8 as default on VISTA.
>>
>> these didn't work on my ...
>> Pressing Make default on Internet Options \ Programs [with run as
> admin...]
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153774
>> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6172036.html
>>
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
>> in the associated programs IE is missing
>>
>> the ftp, http, https protocols
>>
>>
>> any help would be appreciated ...
>>
>> Athan
>

Hi,
I would uninstall/reinstall IE8, making sure that third-party
antivirus/antispyware programs are disabled during the installation.

957700- How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700/

IEBlog IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:74D28192-DCCD-45C7-96BE-2E3E01EEF06F@microsoft.com...
> Hello Don,
>
> Thank you for your reply
>
> IE is missing from this list, Firefox is the default ...
> > What other browsers are installed?
> Chrome, Firefox
> > Which appears to be the default?
> Firefox
>
> how can I change the Default Protocols ? FTP, Http, Htps... i managed to
> change url. htm, html ...
>
> Thank you
>
> Athan

> ? "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> ???a?e st? µ???µa
> news:Of9EqyfMKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > From Start> Control Panel or Start> Settings> Control Panel, go to
Default
> > Programs> Set Program Access and Computer Defaults> Custom> (expand with
> > down carats) make sure that "Enable access" is checked and make IE the
> > default.

> > "Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > newsF67A6E7-8BE2-4851-8225-41AD419226C2@microsoft.com...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I can't set IE 8 as default on VISTA.
> >>
> >> these didn't work on my ...
> >> Pressing Make default on Internet Options \ Programs [with run as
> > admin...]
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153774
> >> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6172036.html
> >>
> >
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
> >> in the associated programs IE is missing
> >>
> >> the ftp, http, https protocols
> >>
> >>
> >> any help would be appreciated ...
> >>
> >> Athan

Hello Don,

I uninstall/reinstall IE8 and I still have the same problem ...
IE 7.0 was doing the same after IE 8 uninstall ...


Thank you

Athan


? "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> ???a?e st? µ???µa
news:edG6865MKHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I would uninstall/reinstall IE8, making sure that third-party
> antivirus/antispyware programs are disabled during the installation.
>
> 957700- How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700/
>
> IEBlog IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:74D28192-DCCD-45C7-96BE-2E3E01EEF06F@microsoft.com...
>> Hello Don,
>>
>> Thank you for your reply
>>
>> IE is missing from this list, Firefox is the default ...
>> > What other browsers are installed?
>> Chrome, Firefox
>> > Which appears to be the default?
>> Firefox
>>
>> how can I change the Default Protocols ? FTP, Http, Htps... i managed to
>> change url. htm, html ...
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Athan
>
>> ? "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> ???a?e st? µ???µa
>> news:Of9EqyfMKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi,
>> > From Start> Control Panel or Start> Settings> Control Panel, go to
> Default
>> > Programs> Set Program Access and Computer Defaults> Custom> (expand
>> > with
>> > down carats) make sure that "Enable access" is checked and make IE the
>> > default.
>
>> > "Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> > newsF67A6E7-8BE2-4851-8225-41AD419226C2@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I can't set IE 8 as default on VISTA.
>> >>
>> >> these didn't work on my ...
>> >> Pressing Make default on Internet Options \ Programs [with run as
>> > admin...]
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153774
>> >> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6172036.html
>> >>
>> >
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
>> >> in the associated programs IE is missing
>> >>
>> >> the ftp, http, https protocols
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> any help would be appreciated ...
>> >>
>> >> Athan
>

Sorry, I lost track of this discussion.

In this article
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
can you browse to Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe?

Have Avant Browser or Maxthon ever been installed on this computer?

If you uninstall Firefox and chrome, can IE be set as the default?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:F1A0C261-B14D-43BC-93DD-7E99CEB87950@microsoft.com...
> Hello Don,
>
> I uninstall/reinstall IE8 and I still have the same problem ...
> IE 7.0 was doing the same after IE 8 uninstall ...
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Athan

> ? "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> ???a?e st? µ???µa
> news:edG6865MKHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > I would uninstall/reinstall IE8, making sure that third-party
> > antivirus/antispyware programs are disabled during the installation.
> >
> > 957700- How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700/
> >
> > IEBlog IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications:
> >
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
> >

> > "Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:74D28192-DCCD-45C7-96BE-2E3E01EEF06F@microsoft.com...
> >> Hello Don,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your reply
> >>
> >> IE is missing from this list, Firefox is the default ...
> >> > What other browsers are installed?
> >> Chrome, Firefox
> >> > Which appears to be the default?
> >> Firefox
> >>
> >> how can I change the Default Protocols ? FTP, Http, Htps... i managed
to
> >> change url. htm, html ...
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> Athan

> >> ? "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> ???a?e st? µ???µa
> >> news:Of9EqyfMKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > From Start> Control Panel or Start> Settings> Control Panel, go to
> > Default
> >> > Programs> Set Program Access and Computer Defaults> Custom> (expand
> >> > with
> >> > down carats) make sure that "Enable access" is checked and make IE
the
> >> > default.

> >> > "Athan" <athanp@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> > newsF67A6E7-8BE2-4851-8225-41AD419226C2@microsoft.com...
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> I can't set IE 8 as default on VISTA.
> >> >>
> >> >> these didn't work on my ...
> >> >> Pressing Make default on Internet Options \ Programs [with run as
> >> > admin...]
> >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153774
> >> >> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6172036.html
> >> >>
> >
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...windows-vista/
> >> >> in the associated programs IE is missing
> >> >>
> >> >> the ftp, http, https protocols
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> any help would be appreciated ...
> >> >>
> >> >> Athan