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How to remove the default page?

All Buttons are greyed out ! :(

         

ideavirus

9:06 am on Aug 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



hello,

I use IE6 and lately, I happen to click on a link which without my permission became the default page for my IE6. After that, all the buttons are greyed out and just cannot change or remove the default page.
Now I was installing latest ver of MSN, it just occured to me that, if i let msn be my home page, it will overwrite the current one which is stuck. But unfortunately, this MSN page also seems to be the same problema nd now i am not able to change or remove the default homepage for my IE6.

The URL in the Current default page is : http://runonce.msn.com* ( WARNING: Please don't click on this stupid URL...anyway, i disabled the link ) on my IE6 and all the buttons are gryed out.

How can i remove the default page as i don't want to have any default page for my IE?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers

[edited by: tedster at 9:11 am (utc) on Aug. 2, 2003]
[edit reason] deactivate link [/edit]

tedster

2:42 am on Aug 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Well clearly you've visited a "hostile" website. Without knowing exactly what their code did to hack your browser, there's no easy repair to suggest for your current copy of IE6.

If you're on WinXP, here's the IE repair instructions from Microsoft [support.microsoft.com]. I'd bet you need to do a re-install, no matter what your operating system

Normally I'd say first export your bookmarks to a backup file using File>Export - so you can import them back in later on. But since your buttons are grayed out, I suppose you can't do that.

So if you want to save your bookmarks, download another browser (like Opera 7.11) and IMPORT the IE6 Favorites. Then you have a backup that you can Import back into your new installation, in case the Favorites file has been overwritten.

Good luck - things like this can be an ongoing mess. But you can often find helpful tips by searching on Google and including site:microsoft.com along with your keywords.