Does anyone know what the most all–inclusive WordPress theme for browsers would be? [more inside]
posted by fantasticninety on Sep 10, 2009 - 2 answers

Are there any browsers that are essentially Chrome clones in function and appearance, but aren't Chrome and don't share any common code? [more inside]
posted by doublehappy on Jul 10, 2009 - 16 answers

I'd like to write a program for Windows XP that detects when a folder on the desktop is clicked and switches the desktop location to that folder, instead of the default Explorer behavior of opening the folder in a window. [more inside]
posted by long on Jun 27, 2009 - 12 answers

When i kill and restart explorer.exe, what processes and files does it execute? [more inside]
posted by lockle on Mar 18, 2009 - 10 answers

CSSfilter: Explorer's scroll bars shift my design's centered background image up or down by about ten pixels when the browser width is less than 880 pixels wide (in other words, on a laptop). Arrgh! It should look like this. Is there a better way to force a centered background image to really be CENTERED?!? [more inside]
posted by 2oh1 on Jan 26, 2009 - 9 answers

When I type in a url into the address bar in Internet Explorer (v 6.0.29) it automatically opens up the page in Mozilla Firefox (v.5.0) - how can I force the page to just open up in Explorer? (I've scoured preferences to no avail) (Windows XP- home)
posted by mrmarley on Dec 8, 2008 - 3 answers

SynthFilter: Help me find more information about this keyboard I saw in a pawn shop! [more inside]
posted by clcapps on Oct 24, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm trying to come up with a generalized comic viewer using just JavaScript. I have a solution that works in nearly all browsers, but fails miserably in Internet Explorer (several versions). I don't have easy access to a Windows machine, and wonder if anyone could help me figure out what I'm doing wrong (specifically for IE). [more inside]
posted by jpburns on Oct 19, 2008 - 7 answers

I love IE7's built-in RSS/feed reader. I hate, hate, hate IE7's slowness and general, overal crapiness. I would love to use FireFox, but I want the same kind of RSS reader functionality. Is there is a plugin or extension for Firefox that exists and works just like IE7's RSS reader? [more inside]
posted by karizma on Sep 29, 2008 - 4 answers

A few years ago I came across an alternative to Windows Explorer that let you browse the contents of your drives by disk space used. The display was a kind of Mondrian grid, with the files and folders taking up the most disk space having the largest area on the display. Can anyone point me to this utility (or something similar)?
posted by Lokheed on Aug 24, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I get Internet Explorer to show favicons? I have over 1000 favorites and use FavIconizer to download and save favicons. [more inside]
posted by blue shadows on Jul 25, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me with some free, easy to use software for elderly people to use on a computer. Specifically: hands-off, self-maintaining security, and a good replacement for Windows Explorer. [more inside]
posted by biwa-shu on Jul 2, 2008 - 9 answers

Why do links in pdf documents open in Explorer instead of Firefox? [more inside]
posted by Wet Spot on Jun 25, 2008 - 8 answers

How can I turn a long list of hyperlinks into either a list of filenames in Windows Explorer or a list of Favorites in Internet Explorer? Say I have 1,000 hyperlinks in a list so it is 1,000 entries long (could be in an Excel file, a Word file, or on a web page). I want to have these 1,000 hyperlinks as Favorites, which seems to be the same as converting them from the content of one file to the file names of 1,000 files. I can manually save each hyperlink as the name of a file, but if there are 1,000, and if they need to be updated every week, that would be a killer. I need an automated solution.
posted by Wagging Dog on Jun 2, 2008 - 4 answers

I have three 500 MB hard drives in my XP desktop machine, and another 500 MB external. Right now, I'm working with them as four different drive letters, which gets confusing. Is there a utility that will allow me to treat them as a single drive letter? [more inside]
posted by Optamystic on May 18, 2008 - 14 answers

Server/network/IT-Filter? Windows Vista keeps, or more specifically explorer.exe drops my network transfers, how can I fix this or what is the best Explorer replacement? Also, how can I make Windows Server 2008 more useful on the small scale (more inside of course) ... [more inside]
posted by cgomez on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

If throw an address like c:\my documents into an IE address bar, it opens up the folder in windows explorer. If I put the same thing in a firefox address bar, I get an html page that displays the folder/files as a series of links down the page. Anyway to get firefox to replicate the IE behavior on this type of address?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Apr 11, 2008 - 7 answers

Webbrowsing/Internet Explorer 6 Filter: When reading a long webpage(usually several screen lengths), I often click on a link that's part way down. IE goes to that webpage in the same window(as it should). However, when I click back, I often find that I am at the top of the first page. I'm pretty sure it always used to scroll down to where I was before I clicked on the link. Now it only does that sometimes. I know this is minor, but it bugs me sometimes. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
posted by newatom on Apr 9, 2008 - 7 answers

I disabled Explorer with a fake proxy server address, and now I can't connect to the iTunes store. I don't want to go back to Explorer from Firefox, but I needs some new tunes! [more inside]
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! on Mar 17, 2008 - 10 answers

Can you change the default opening window on Vista Windows Explorer? [more inside]
posted by rexruff on Jan 17, 2008 - 2 answers

I know you can create custom error pages (via htaccess) for specific sites but is there a way to create a custom 'Page Cannot Be Displayed' page on the browser side with Explorer? I was thinking it might be nice to include a link to google cache of the page or perhaps automatically redirect Explorer to that page.
posted by linklog on Nov 1, 2007 - 7 answers

Why are some major websites suddenly not working on my computer? [more inside]
posted by jordanian2 on Sep 16, 2007 - 7 answers

Exploer views in XP: Is there a way to effectively manage these? The only way I know to change views is to a)change each folder view manually, or b) go to Tools>Options>View>Apply (this view) to all folders. Any software or tips? [more inside]
posted by Zimm on Aug 17, 2007 - 7 answers

I'm looking for an alternative to Windows Explorer. Specifically, I would like there to be 2 trees, and 2 related panes, either in a horizontal or vertical arrangement. [more inside]
posted by russmail on Jun 30, 2007 - 15 answers

When I right-click the iTunes icon in the Windows system tray, often the taskbar context menu will pop up at the same time and interfere with the iTunes menu, like this. How can I fix this? [more inside]
posted by Aloysius Bear on Jun 23, 2007 - 8 answers

My music album folder contains ~1000 folders in it. It's stored on a large external hard drive. It suddenly began only displaying the first 287 folders, ordered alphabetically. [more inside]
posted by anthropomorphic on Jun 13, 2007 - 14 answers

IRC for dummies - what's the best client to reccomend for serial Internet Explorer users, that supports irc:// links? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on May 22, 2007 - 3 answers

So after entering Stage Two* of Newbie Guitar Hero play, I decided to get all fancy and paint my guitar. I had to take the thing apart to do so. In my eagerness to get it back together to see if I now had a nice looking 50$ paperweight, I did not wait as long as I should have to let the paint/varnish dry. Questions about repair and correction inside! [more inside]
posted by robocop is bleeding on Apr 5, 2007 - 5 answers

I can't set up my hotmail account with outlook express 6. [more inside]
posted by clairezulkey on Mar 27, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm trying to remember a kid's book from the late 70's. Nerdy child explorer who gave you interesting facts from around the world. Cartoonish. Remember him discovering a bilbao tree. Hope me. [more inside]
posted by Frasermoo on Mar 23, 2007 - 7 answers

Internet Explorer 7 broke my website's CSS! [more inside]
posted by DenOfSizer on Feb 11, 2007 - 5 answers

When I launch IE7 a small window appears above the browser window asking if I want to Add Live Searh Bar. I do add it. But every time I start IE7 it asks that question again. And if I click for it to add the search bar I get the message that I have already added it. How do I get rid of that question every time I start IE7.
posted by JayRwv on Nov 16, 2006 - 3 answers

Should I install Internet Explorer 7? I use IE6 (windows XP) now and am doing my best to learn XHTML and CSS -- I'm a newbe. I've check ASKme and there is quite a number of folks that are against updating. These folks appear to have substantial knowlege of programming and are far advanced to my knowledge of the subject . Should a person new to web design just upgrade to IE7 now and learn design to strict W3 standards rather than wait until the rest of the universe is at those standards and relearn them the right way? I know there is alot of grey area here -- for and against. Thank you....
posted by orlin on Nov 11, 2006 - 17 answers

My Firefox (v: 1.5.0.7) is freaking out. [more inside]
posted by sandra_s on Oct 20, 2006 - 4 answers

Is there a way for me to restart Windows Explorer (the shell) when it crashes, eliminates my taskbar and all desktop icons, but otherwise my open programs are working fine? Don't want to have to restart everything. [more inside]
posted by kookoobirdz on Oct 13, 2006 - 23 answers

My Windows Explorer in Win 2000 will open a web site but when it is loaded, the site immediately refreshes. This repeats again and again in every page and makes it impossible to use the web. This just began to happen today. I’ve run a virus and adware check and nothing shows. Any ideas on what to do about this?
posted by partner on Aug 10, 2006 - 6 answers

My dad's Internet Explorer has gone crazy! Fortunately, Mozilla runs fine.... [more inside]
posted by rare_g on Jul 31, 2006 - 6 answers

NotFirefoxagainfilter: How do I stop from having to clear my cache every 5 minutes? [more inside]
posted by i8ny3x on Jul 1, 2006 - 10 answers

Sometimes graphics are not displayed when I'm online. Graphics *are* turned on and generally *do* display--that's why I'm confused. I'm not talking about unusual graphics, odd graphics formats, I'm talking about regular GIFs or JPGs. I use Internet Explorer version 6, if that helps. I would appreciate any/all tips! Thank you.
posted by whitebird on Jun 30, 2006 - 10 answers

I need to download version 6.X of MS Explorer but can't seem to find it on the Web. Can anyone pont me to a site that keeps older versions? Thanks
posted by lometogo on Jun 15, 2006 - 4 answers

Can you help me reset my Internet options so that each website's actual background color will show up again? [more inside]
posted by GIRLesq on Jun 7, 2006 - 5 answers

In a nutshell. I have a PC running Windows XP, personal edition. I want to restore the computer to factory standards (when i got it out of the box). No CD's or Discs came withthe computer. IS there a way to do this through XP? Its a HP 523n Desktop, and I have had the computer almost 3 years.... (more) [more inside]
posted by TwilightKid on Jun 6, 2006 - 11 answers

I tried to remove IE7 beta1 from my pc and the uninstall failed. If I try to reinstall it that fails as well. This is causing problems in various other programs e.g. Dreamweaver. Help! [more inside]
posted by kenchie on May 20, 2006 - 5 answers

BeatIEIntoSubmissionFilter: Is it possible to force IE/Win to display CSS background images with PNG transparency? [more inside]
posted by charmston on Mar 20, 2006 - 6 answers

Knowing Explorer is no longer being upgraded for macs, how can I best assure browser compatibility across platforms (from a previewing standpoint)? [more inside]
posted by j.p. Hung on Feb 24, 2006 - 11 answers

I have a problem. I just downloaded a couple of programs that are practical for my everyday online commuting. Now when I open internet explorer it only opens the page halfway when I want it to be fully maximized. Anyone knows how to do that?
posted by Gabe014 on Feb 21, 2006 - 6 answers

Can I create a collapsible index of hard and soft documents? [more inside]
posted by russmail on Feb 11, 2006 - 2 answers

is there a way to make firefox work with outlook web access, in "premium" mode? [more inside]
posted by yonation on Feb 6, 2006 - 12 answers

Looking for a macro program or method that captures and pastes text among different browser windows? [more inside]
posted by Fishing Nut on Jan 26, 2006 - 3 answers

Why does IE hate my website? I've got it looking decent in Safari and Firefox, but it looks hideous in Explorer. Having done a fair amount of Googling, I've come to the conclusion that it's probably related to one of Explorer's notorious CSS rendering bugs, but my self-taught CSS and HTML is not enough to enable me to pinpoint and solve the problem. [more inside]
posted by yankeefog on Nov 9, 2005 - 15 answers