How to Turn the "Always close all tabs" Warning Message On or Off in Internet Explorer
Information
This will show you how to to turn on or off the Do you want to close all tabs or the current tab? warning message when you attempt to close Internet Explorer with more than one tab opened in it.
Note
If the Always close all tabs warning message is turned off, Internet Explorer will close immediately when you close it without asking Do you want to close all tabs or the current tab?, no matter how many tabs you have opened at the time.
EXAMPLE: "Always close all tabs" / "Do you want to close all tabs or the current tab?" Warning
OPTION ONE
To Turn Off "Always close all tabs" in Warning Message
1. When you close Internet Explorer with more than one tab opened, check the
Always close all tabs box, and click/tap on the
Close all tabs button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: In Windows 8, this would be for the IE10 desktop version, and not the IE10 Metro (Windows UI) version.
OPTION TWO
To Turn On/Off "Always close all tabs" in Internet Options
1. Open the
Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the
Internet Options icon.
A) Go to step 3.
OR
2. In Internet Explorer, click/tap on
Tools (
Menu bar) and
Internet Options.
NOTE: In Windows 8, you would open the IE10 desktop version, and not the IE10 Metro (Windows UI) version.
3. In the
General tab, click/tap on the
Settings (IE9) or
Tabs (IE10) button to the right of
Tabs, then do either
step 4 or 5 below. (see screenshots below)
4. To Turn On "Always close all tabs" Warning in IE
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Check both the
Enable Tabbed Browsing box and
Warn me when closing multiple tabs box, then click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
B) Go to step 6.
5. To Turn Off "Always close all tabs" Warning in IE
A) Uncheck the Warn me when closing multiple tabs box, then click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 4A)
B) Go to step 6.
6. Click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below step 3)
OPTION THREE
To Turn On/Off "Always close all tabs" Using a REG File Download
1. To Turn On "Always close all tabs" Warning in IE
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
Turn-On_IE_Always_close_all-tabs_Warning.reg
B) Go to step 3.
2. To Turn Off "Always close all tabs" Warning in IE
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
Turn-Off_IE_Always_close_all-tabs_Warning.reg
3. Save the
.reg file to the
Desktop.
4. Double click/tap on the downloaded
.reg file to merge it.
5. Click/tap on
Run,
Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8) or
Continue (UAC-Vista),
Yes, and then
OK when prompted.
6. When done, you can delete the downloaded
.reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn