HELP!!!Got firefox, lost internet explorer

13 years ago

Because I could not get into the chat room for my stamp collecting the person suggested I use Mozella FireFox instead of Internet Explorer which is ok with me. Got that installed, got to the chat room OK, BUT it did something in internet explorer and I lost (or cannot get into) my favorites, MSN news etc It change to MFF.. How can I get it back? What do I do now???
Thanks so much from a very frustrated person
Marie
Forgive the spelling errors, that bar is gone too! In fact all my toolbars are gone.

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mikie_gw
13 years ago
Sounds like you just need to open Internet Explorer from your Start/All programs menu and when it opens it might now say .. do you want to use IE as your default web browser... say yes.
zep516
13 years ago
Hi marie-ndcal,

Sounds like the menu bar was turned off,

The menu bar can be turned on or off in Internet Explorer.

Please see link for instruction on that

Joe

Here is a link that might be useful: Show-the-menu-bar-in-Internet-Explorer
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marie_ndcal
Original Author
13 years ago
How can I get information like My favorites transfered to bookmark on firefox?
Thanks again
Marie
zep516
13 years ago
Hi Marie,

See provided link.

Here is a link that might be useful: import-bookmarks-internet-explorer
marie_ndcal
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you and it worked, but now I am getting confused. Would it be better to have one program instead of trying to bounce back between two? I have had Internet explorer forever but now I have to have firefox for this one site regarding my stamp collections. How good is Mozella FireFox and should I just get rid of Internet Explorer? What about the features? Can I get MSN news on FireFox?
Sorry to be so uninformed, but having two such programs is really taking more time than I care to spend.
Again, Thank You
Marie
zep516
13 years ago
"firefox for this one site regarding my stamp collections. "

Why will that site not work in IE? What error if any do you get.

You cant get rid of Internet Explorer, it's beneficial to have 2 browsers anyway.

"Can I get MSN news on FireFox? "

Yes.

Tell me what's wrong with Internet Explorer on your Machine.
marie_ndcal
Original Author
13 years ago
Not sure why it will not work, but maybe it is just the way the company has their website set up. It works perfect with firefox, and not at all with internet explorer.
It is called the virtual stamp club, run thru Delphi. So, I guess I will just have to either make one or the other my homesite and when I need to go to the chat room, change it around. I don't really get any error, just cannot get into the chat room. Thanks
Marie
zep516
13 years ago
I just joined the site had to install Java first, I was able to get in chat "Stress Games" In Internet Explorer 9.

What version Of Internet Explorer are you using? Just click help in the browser and then click "About Internet Explorer"

I'm wondering if you run Internet Explorer in "No Add ons" mode if that would work.
kudzu9
13 years ago
marie-
I have four browsers installed on my computer: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Chrome. None of them interfere with one another, even when several of them are simultaneously open. I don't know why you are having some of the problems you describe, but you shouldn't be worrying about having to choose between Firefox and Internet Explorer. They are each discrete programs, just like Word or Notepad are discrete programs. Something else is going on here, or you have accidentally made some unintended changes to Internet Explorer, but it should have nothing to do with having two browsers installed.
marie_ndcal
Original Author
13 years ago
Well I might have straighten things out. Went to IE and ran a bunch of updates etc I thing somehow there was a conflict, but that seems to have gone away. After that went to my stamp club thing and still could not get in to chat, BUT I still have FireFox so that is not a problem. Thanks again
Marie
marie_ndcal
Original Author
13 years ago
Things seem to be back to normal (for me) but now I have bing on the bottom of the screen and it pops up all the time. I prefer google, and what happens if I take Bing off my computer?
Thanks again
Marie
genes
13 years ago
When downloading anything, you have to make sure that there are no boxes checked in the different windows that open when downloading..Often times, they will piggyback these little programs to the download..so when going thru the various download steps, pay attention to what is there and if there are any little boxes checked..in a lot of cases, this is how, differfent toolbars are downloaded to your computer and how your Homepage might be changed
kudzu9
13 years ago
Marie-
Nothing happens if you get rid of Bing; it's just gone. I don't use Bing much, but I do have it available in Firefox as an alternate search engine when I want it. The following link explains how to easily manage your search engines, and select the one you want for your default in Firefox.

Here is a link that might be useful: Manage search engines

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