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Kai's Easy Hacking tips #5; How to disable Internet Explorer
Topic Started: Apr 23 2006, 07:58 PM (649 Views)
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[size=1]These tips are help hacks and are no threat to anyone. This site and the author of this post are not responsible if your system fails, hacking your softwares or hardware is at your own RISK!. [/size]If you really do not understand the instuctions, abort this hack.

If you are a user of another browser like Firefox, Opera, Avant, or any other Internet browser and you want to disable Internet Explorer in Windows XP because it stills nags you with stupid dumb ass stuff you don't want showing up, well your in luck and here is how to disable Internet Explorer in Windows XP.

Here is a small piece of code that you will use to add to your Windows XP.

1. Open your NotePad

2. Cut and paste the following Quote in the Notepad window.

3. Code to disable Internet Explorer:

Quote:
 
@echo off
C:
cd "\Program Files\Internet Explorer"
if not exist IEXPLORE.EXE goto End
if exist IEXPLORE.EX_ del IEXPLORE.EX_
if not exist IEXPLORE.DIR md IEXPLORE.DIR
if not exist IEXPLORE.DIR goto End
attrib -r -h -s IEXPLORE.EXE
ren IEXPLORE.EXE IEXPLORE.EX_
if exist IEXPLORE.EXE goto End
ren IEXPLORE.DIR IEXPLORE.EXE
echo IE disabled.
echo If prompted, click "Cancel" then "Yes" on File Protection restore.
echo Run enable-ie.bat to allow IE to run again.
:End


The above code is for your Windows XP that is installed on your C:\ drive. If it isn't, change the C: beneath @echo off to the drive letter corresponding to whichever HDD or drive partition that you have Windows XP installed to...

4. Now save text file this as "disable-ie.bat" to your desktop.

5. Now once that is saved. Goto your Desktop and Double click on the saved "disable-ie.bat" file.

6. Windows File Protection" will most likely show at this point, with a warning dialog box, saying some system files have been replaced with unrecognised versions, and to insert your Windows XP CD to restore them etc... Don't worry, it's safe to ignore this. You have to restart your computer at this point. I may freeze but not to worry. Just hit the reset button.

From here on everytime you try to open IE, all you'll get is an empty IE window.

If you want to enable Internet Explorer again all you need to do is follow the previous steps but this time the Code is as follows.

7. Code to enable Internet Explorer:

Quote:
 
@echo off
C:
cd "\Program Files\Internet Explorer"
if not exist IEXPLORE.EX_ goto End
if not exist IEXPLORE.EXE goto Activate
attrib -r -h -s IEXPLORE.EXE
rd IEXPLORE.EXE
if exist IEXPLORE.EXE del IEXPLORE.EXE
:Activate
ren IEXPLORE.EX_ IEXPLORE.EXE
echo IE enabled.
:End


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