Most IE Add-ons disabled/unavailable and enable buttons greyed out

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  1. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and 32 bit
       #1

    Most IE Add-ons disabled/unavailable and enable buttons greyed out


    I have tried a few things mentioned in this forum and elsewhere to fix this problem as listed below. Running Win 7 Professional N, 64 bit, SP1, with all important updates installed.

    IE11 (and now back at IE10) started telling me it needed flash (which was already installed). Repeated installs from Adobe site and still unable to show flash videos. Then noticed "Send to OneNote" option disappeared from command menu. Add-on manager showed "Send to OneNote" unavailable and nearly every other add-on disabled including all the Microsoft "Run without permission" ones like Silverlight, XML, etc. All had their Enable/Disable buttons greyed out. I uninstalled IE11 and reinstalled, I uninstalled back to IE10, I repaired Office 2010 Pro, used malwarebytes, Spybot, CCleaner and MS Safety Scanner. So far, nothing gained. "Enable third party browser extensions" is checked under Internet Options.

    Strangely, I have the same problem on my laptop running IE 11, Win7 Professional, SP1, 32 bit.
    Thinking back, I ran CCleaner when I first had the flash problems and maybe something was changed in the registry, but looking at the .reg backup files, I cannot see anything relevant.

    Firefox and Flash working fine, but I need IE for some things. If anyone can shed any light on this, I would appreciate it.

    John
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  2. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #2

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    What is your antivirus program ?
    A few of them tent to block what they don't like with features of Internet explorer but wouldn't in other browsers,
    Traditionally ie does not need flash player to play youtube videos,
    Cheers.
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  3. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I'm using Avast Pro. I cannot see any settings specific to IE.
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #4

    Avast in the past has had issues with all new versions of Internet explorer,
    It blocks what it also has security features for,
    ie11 has many new features
    Avast would be the common denominator between the two machines
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  5. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    It's possible Avast could be causing it. I did check its settings and posted in the Avast forum but nothing useful yet. I also turned off its shields but no change to my problem.
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  6. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #6

    You can disable Avast shields to test

    Right click icon in system tray> avast! shields control> Disable until computer is restarted

    Most IE Add-ons disabled/unavailable and enable buttons greyed out-disable.jpg

    You can also boot to Safe Mode and Avast will not be running there. Choose Safe Mode with Networking if you want to actually connect to the internet while testing.

    Safe Mode

    A Guy
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  7. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Update:
    This doesn't appear to be a problem with my antivirus. I have rebooted in safe mode and still have the same problem. However, I then logged in as Administrator and all the IE add-ons were enabled (with the antivirus software running). Yet they are disabled with my own login (which has admin privileges) and when I choose to run iexplore.exe as administrator.
    Any ideas?
    John
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #8

    Hi,
    Standard accounts are easily made/ create another and test
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  9. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Good idea!
    New standard user can enable/disable all the IE add-ons. So it's something to do with my current user name.
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  10. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #10

    Hi,
    Thanks for the update,
    Probably one of the best things about using a standard account disposable
    With right click run as administrator there's really no reason to use a admin account all of the time

    Some people believe having another admin account for a fail safe is a good idea too
    I tend to agree :)
    Cheers.
      My Computer


 
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