How do I reinstall "Internet options" It was deleted by my son to prevent me from checking sites he visited.

Question

When I click on internet option, it does not open. It flickers and closes. It was messed by my son in other to prevent me from keeping table on the sites he visits online. This also makes it impossible for me to clean out my temporary folder cache. Thanks

Answer 1

If you using XP try doing a system restore to a earlier date when it was working. Also you can cleanup the system by opening my computer and right clicking on c drive, scrolling down to properties, clicking on that to get to local disk properties. then clicking on the disk cleanup button, then click on temp Internet files. open that up and open each file within, then deleting all entries using ctrl + A, then click delete, use back button and open anther folder until your done, then go back the disk cleanup for c drive and press ok, another box will appear, click yes. that will clean the files of trash.

Answer 2

Which Operating System are you using? Windows XP or Vista?



I think your son needs to be fixing this for you, and I am sure you can find a way to "persuade" him to do so.



Regardless, if you are using XP:

Start...Run...gpedit.msc...OK

User Configuration...Administrative Templates...Windows Components...Internet Explorer...Internet Control Panel

Change anyting that is set to Enable or Disable back to the original setting of Not Configured. Look in the Security folder and Advanced folder too.

Restart your machine.



Now...you dont really need Internet Options to see what he has been viewing, or to delete your Temp and Temporary Internet Files.

Temporary Internet Files (TIFs) are stored on your machine under each user account. They are difficult to find, but it can be done. These files are still there even after you supposedly get rid of them through Internet Options.

Here is the path to the files.

Open My Computer

Open TOOLS menu, and choose Folder Options

choose VIEW tab

under HIdden Files and folders,

choose Show hidden files and folders

below that, UNCHECK Hide extensions for known file types

and UNCHECK Hide protected operating system files

Answer YES to the warning, and click OK



Now open C:\ drive

Open Documents and Settings

Open the user account you wish to see TIFs

(note: you cannot delete all of the TIFs from the account you are logged into, but you can delete those of other accounts)

Open the folder Local Settings

There is your TEMP folder

There is your Temporary Internet Files folder

These are the real deal..and even if you have "Deleted" TIFs with Internet Options, you will find TONS of files here.

I would suggest you delete as many of these as you can, and the easiest way is to just delete the two folders. If it is your account, you might want to create a new account just for cleaning your TIFs



Windows really doesnt want TIFs found..for some reason.

Open the Temporary Internet Files folder.

All you see are some text files, a few pics..etc.

There is more...

Click the addressbar (C:\documents and settings\\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files)

hit the right arrow, to put your cursor just to the right of the 's' in Temporary Internet Files.

type \content.ie5 (C:\documents and settings\\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\content.ie5)

and hit Enter

see those funky folders???? Those contain your TIFs



If you are looking at his account, you will see all HIS temporary internet files.

If you want to clean up all your TIFs, and are on your account, you should delete all the files in the Temp folder and Temporary Internet Files folder.

Answer 3

Although the other answers may well be correct, I believe this is the fastest and easiest way:



Go to the following web site:



http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm



Scroll down to line 225.



Right-click where it says "Restore Folder Options/Internet Options" to download and save the file to your desktop.



Once it's been downloaded, double click the file, or right click it and select "Merge"



That should do it. Good luck!

Answer 4

Normally, Windows users can change their home page and other web browser settings by selecting "Internet Options..." from the "Tools" menu of Internet Explorer. This can also be accessed via the Windows Control Panel (Start -> Control Panel).

However, if you see the following error message when you try to select Internet Options:



This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.

Then there are four possible causes:

1. You are using a computer at work or school, and the system administrator (not you) has deliberately restricted access to this feature. If you want complete control of a computer, I would suggest using your own.

2. You are using Spybot, a legitimate piece of useful software for removing spyware from your computer. Spybot's "Immunize" feature can deliberately lock the Internet Options control panel in order to keep malicious programs from making changes there. For more information about Spybot and its useful features, see my article why is my web browser broken?

3. Your computer used to be in a limited environment like what I'm describing above, but it isn't any more. However, various unwanted restrictions are still in effect on your computer. The fix is simple and I describe it below.

4. Your computer is now, or has previously been, infected by spyware, adware or other harmful software which has locked you out in an attempt to keep you from resetting your home page. If your home page has been set to something unpleasant or unreachable, this is almost certainly what happened. The fix is the same as for #2 above, but you first need to get rid of the malware infection.

When Your Administrator Has Locked Internet Options

In the first case, you'll need to consult your system administrator (the person in charge of the computers in your school or business) and ask them to help you accomplish what you need to do. This should be obvious but sometimes people are impatient and do dumb things that get them in trouble. I will not help you get expelled or fired.

Unblocking Internet Options In Spybot Search & Destroy

If Spybot is blocking Internet Options, you'll need to temporarily turn off Spybot's protection against abuse of the the "Internet Options" control panel. Just follow these steps:

1. Click on the "Start" menu



2. Click on "All Programs"



3. Click on the "Spybot - Search & Destroy" program group



4. Click on the "Spybot - Search & Destroy" program



5. When the main Spybot window appears, click the "Immunize" button in the toolbar at left



6. At the bottom of the window, you may see checkboxes named "lock IE start page setting against user changes" and "lock IE control panel against opening from within IE." If they are checked, uncheck them. This will enable you to use Internet Options.



If you don't see these options, then your version of Spybot Search & Destroy does not have this feature. See the next section.



Manually Unlocking Internet Options

In the third or fourth case, it's not hard to unlock Internet Options. But if your problems were caued by misbehaving spyware or other malware, you MUST FIRST remove the software that caused the problem! Otherwise, the problem WILL come back! For complete instructions, see Why is my web browser broken?

After you have removed the software that caused the problem, you can re-enable Internet Options using regedit. regedit is a program used to edit the "Windows Registry," a feature of Microsoft Windows that stores all of your settings and preferences.



Please follow these directions carefully. Incorrect changes to the registry can make your computer unusable.

Re-Enabling Internet Options With regedit

1. Start -> Run

2. Type regedit and click "OK"

3. Scroll to the top and double-click the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder

to open it.

4. Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, double-click Software.

5. Under Software, double-click Policies.

6. Under Policies, double-click Microsoft.

7. Under Microsoft, double-click Internet Explorer. If you don't see Internet Explorer, skip to step 9. 7. Under Internet Explorer, double-click Restrictions. If you don't see Restrictions, skip to step 9. 8. You should see a key called NoBrowserOptions, with the value 1. Hold down the right mouse button over NoBrowserOptions to display a menu. Choose "Delete" from that menu and confirm. If you don't see NoBrowserOptions, skip to step 9.

9. Repeat steps 1-8, but this time start with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

You should now have no trouble accessing "Internet Options" from the "Tools" menu.



Important: if you can't find Restrictions or NoBrowserOptions in either HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, stop. Do not make random changes to your registry. You may be frustrated, but poking at your registry will only make things worse.



As always, consider using the Firefox web browser instead. Firefox is not affected by the most common spyware and malware programs.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

if it were me i would use a system restore and restore the computer to an earlier date --