Re: Control Panel and 3rd party browser extensions?
From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 07/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:54:31 +0530
Paul,
DLA may have added a browser add-on, in the form of a Browser Helper Object. Browser Helper Objects are extensions to the browser (Internet Explorer and the browsers based on Internet Explorer). Both iexplore.exe and explorer.exe loads the Browser Helper Object (explorer loads the BHOs when you open a folder, control panel etc).
More about Browser Helper Objects:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwebgen/html/bho.asp
To view the BHO and enable/disable it, you may use my utility ToolbarCop:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm
BTW, disabling 3rd party browser extensions will disable *all* the browser add-ons, toolbars etc. You lose your favorite toolbars (Google Toolbar, for example) also.
-- Ramesh, Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp "Paul R" <195prosete@195earthlink.com> wrote in message news:6rqNc.15187$iK.10894@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... What does disabling 3rd party browser extensions in IE6 have to do with the functionality of XP's Control Panel?? I've had a long-running problem using Sonic DLA (drive letter assignment) v4.60 with my XP so that my cd/dvd writer drive can be used as a "save to:" or "backup to:" drive. The DLA patch worked fine for this purpose but it corrupted my Control Panel so that it was useless (blank screens, missing graphics, unworkable links, etc.). I eventually found a fix that worked: Disabling 3rd party browser extensions in IE6. Now Control Panel is back to normal and am able to continue using this DLA version without problems. So, what's the relationship between the extensions being disabled and the functionality of the Panel? -- Paul R ------------------------------- For email reply, please remove 195
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