IE 6 opening in kiosk mode

[tschembri]

IE 6 is automatically opening in kiosk mode whichever icon I use to
open it - have tried all sorts of things to stop it including setting
Advanced options to default. No luck. Please help - this is driving me
crazy It's a work version of IE but it's not set by the boss but
must have been set by the last person to sit at this desk (who isn't
here any more) as all other computers don't do this

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

IE 6 is automatically opening in kiosk mode whichever icon I use to
open it - have tried all sorts of things to stop it including setting
Advanced options to default. No luck. Please help - this is driving me
crazy It's a work version of IE but it's not set by the boss but
must have been set by the last person to sit at this desk (who isn't
here any more) as all other computers don't do this

Try pressing F11 button.
Close and reboot IE.

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[tschembri]

tried - no luck. also tried with pressing shift since I heard that can
work - still loads in kiosk mode. I can change the window to normal
mode ... then if I right click on a link to open in a new window it
opens in normal mode, but if I click CTRN + N or choose New window
from the File menu, it opens in kiosk mode.

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

tried - no luck. also tried with pressing shift since I heard that can
work - still loads in kiosk mode. I can change the window to normal
mode ... then if I right click on a link to open in a new window it
opens in normal mode, but if I click CTRN + N or choose New window
from the File menu, it opens in kiosk mode.

Windows version, please?
If Windows XP, you can try Sysrestore:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084/en-us
"How to restore the operating system to a previous state in Windows XP".

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Peter Foldes]

Have you also checked the answers in your other newsgroup where you have multiposted this issue

 

[tschembri]

uh, yep - I'm replying to both posts.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

IE 6 is automatically opening in kiosk mode whichever icon I use to
open it - have tried all sorts of things to stop it including setting
Advanced options to default. No luck. Please help - this is driving me
crazy It's a work version of IE but it's not set by the boss but
must have been set by the last person to sit at this desk (who isn't
here any more) as all other computers don't do this

Is it really "kiosk" mode or just Fullscreen?
"kiosk" mode is much more restrictive that Fullscreen.

AFAIK the only way to get into "kiosk" mode is via the -k switch.
So check to see if your shortcuts or file types have had that switch
added to them.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[tschembri]

it's what you normally get when pressing F11 - that's kiosk mode isn't
it?

I've heard about that -k thing but can't see it anywhere - I would
assume that it would be in right click icon --> Properties --> Target
field , is that correct? If so then no, there's no -k ...

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

it's what you normally get when pressing F11 - that's kiosk mode isn't
it?

No. That is Fullscreen mode.

Fullscreen mode can be persisted as the mode of the last IE window closed
so if you are closing and reopening an IE window it would not be surprising
to see the next window open in Fullscreen mode.

What happens if you use Taskbar's Cascade command
and then resize and close the normal mode window that it produces?
Note: minimize all other windows which you don't want included
in the cascade first. However, the fact that minimized windows
can avoid the cascade would allow a hidden window to persist its mode;
so when you close what you think should be the last IE window
doublecheck that assumption by verifying that iexplore.exe
is no longer present in the Task Manager's Processes tab.


Good luck

Robert
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