Instructions To Disable IE6 Support

Internet Explorer lets the user customize the browser as per his/her requirements. By adjusting the browser settings, users get a better browsing experience. The support options for IE6 can be found in the Internet Options menu. One can limit the access granted to a user by disabling this menu, by going to the Windows Registry and editing the registry entries. In order to edit the Windows registry contents, you need to get specific registry keys. Usually these keys are found in the registry itself. If these keys are not present in the registry, you need to manually add them. To perform this, you first need to get access to Windows Registry Editor on your computer. The following Internet Explorer support guidelines will help you disable IE6 support on your computer.

Instructions

·         Go to the "Start" menu on your computer taskbar and select the Run option. Type "regedit" into the Open text field and click the "OK" button, or press the Enter key. This will open the Windows Registry Editor window.

·         You will see several options listed under this window. Locate the option labeled "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" and click on the “+” symbol next to it. This will expand the folder list. Now you need to expand the following sub folders in it. To do this, click on the “+” symbols for "Software", "Policies", "Microsoft" and then "Internet Explorer” folders. If you are not able to find the Internet Explorer folder, you need to right-click on “Microsoft” and then select “Key”. Here you need to type Internet Explorer and press the Enter key.

·         Locate the "Restrictions" key and highlight it, if it is available. If you don’t find this key here, right-click on "Internet Explorer" and select the New Key option from the context menu. Here you will find the option to enter the key name. Type "Restrictions" as the key name and press the "Enter" key.

·         Once you have this key, right-click on the "Restrictions" key and highlight the New option for. Locate and select the option for "DWORD". Locate “New Value” box and type "NoBrowserOptions" into the text field. Press the "Enter" key to save the change.

·         Now right-click on "NoBrowserOptions" and select the option "Properties" from the context menu. Locate the "Value Data" text box and type “1"by placing the cursor. Click the "OK" button to save the change.

·         Finally click on the "File" drop-down menu and select the option for "Exit." Restart your computer to take effect the changes you made to the Windows Registry.

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