IE8 Add On's Disabled Bar Upon Opening Pages

[Gregg Fowler]

Running Windows 7 64bit and am unable to get the bar saying add on's
disabled from opening. I have reset the browser and re-enabled or tried, but
I get no functionality. I am unable to open any "extra" toolbars. If I check
the tool bar nothing happens. None of the other extensions appear to be
working either even if I enable them in the add-ons menu. I haven't used IE8
much lately so can't pin down anything I did on the system that may have
caused this. I did add Norton 360 to replace Microsoft Security Essentials,
but not sure if the behaviour was a result. Even when I disable Norton
Browser proctect and other functions I still get this behavior. Any ideas of
what may be occuring. Any problems I have had previously have been fixed by
resetting the browser and enabling add ons one at a time till I found the
problem, but this doesn't seem to help currently.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Did a Norton or McAfee free trial come preinstalled on the computer when you
bought it?

Did you uninstall MSE prior to installing <spit> N360?

Do you see this behavior in IE8 32-bit and IE8 64-bit?

Internet Explorer 8 starts in "No Add-ons" mode when you use the desktop
icon to start Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976915/en-us

Gregg Fowler wrote:
> Running Windows 7 64bit and am unable to get the bar saying add on's
> disabled from opening. I have reset the browser and re-enabled or tried,
> but
> I get no functionality. I am unable to open any "extra" toolbars. If I
> check
> the tool bar nothing happens. None of the other extensions appear to be
> working either even if I enable them in the add-ons menu. I haven't used
> IE8
> much lately so can't pin down anything I did on the system that may have
> caused this. I did add Norton 360 to replace Microsoft Security
> Essentials,
> but not sure if the behaviour was a result. Even when I disable Norton
> Browser proctect and other functions I still get this behavior. Any ideas
> of
> what may be occuring. Any problems I have had previously have been fixed
> by
> resetting the browser and enabling add ons one at a time till I found the
> problem, but this doesn't seem to help currently.