How to Create an Internet Explorer Content Advisor Shortcut
Information
Content Advisor is a tool for controlling the types of content that your computer can access on the Internet in Internet Explorer. After you turn on Content Advisor, only rated content that meets or exceeds your criteria can be viewed. You can adjust the settings to suit your preferences.
This tutorial will show you how to create or download a
Content Advisor settings shortcut for IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, and IE11 in Windows.
Note
If you have
Content Advisor enabled, then you will need to enter your
supervisor password in the box below when you use this shortcut before you will be able to change the Internet Explorer Content Advisor settings.
If you do not have
Content Advisor enabled, then you will get this warning message below after you use this shortcut and try to make any changes to the Internet Explorer Content Advisor settings. You will need to have Content Advisor enabled before you will be able to use this shortcut.
Warning
You will only be able to use this shortcut while logged in as an administrator.
EXAMPLE: Internet Explorer Content Advisor
OPTION ONE
To Download IE Content Advisor Shortcut
1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the
Content_Advisor.zip file.
2. Save, and the .zip file to your desktop.
3. Open the .zip file and extract (drag and drop) the Content Advisor shortcut to the desktop
.
4. Unblock the
Content Advisor shortcut.
5. Go to step 5 in
OPTION TWO below to add the icon you would like to use.
6. In
Vista and
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
7. In
Windows 8, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
8. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.
OPTION TWO
To Manually Create IE Content Advisor Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on
New and
Shortcut. (See screenshot below)
2. Type the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the
Next button. (See screenshot below)
rundll32.exe msrating.dll,RatingSetupUI
3. Type
Content Advisor for the name, and click/tap on the
Finish button. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
4. Right click or press and hold on the new
Content Advisor shortcut, and click/tap on
Properties.
5. Click/tap on the
Shortcut tab, and click/tap on the
Change Icon button. (See screenshot below)
6. To Download and Use a Custom Icon
A) You can
click on the Download button below to download and use this custom
Content_Advisor.ico file in a ZIP file below as this shortcut's icon if you like, and go to
step 8 below.
7. To Use Your Own Custom Icon
A) In the line under "Look for icons in this file", click on
Browse and navigate to the location of the
256x256 pixel icon your want to use, and go to
step 8 below. (See screenshot below)
8. Select the icon you want, and click/tap on
OK. (See screenshot above)
9. Click/tap on
OK. (See screenshot below)
10. In
Vista and
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
11. In
Windows 8, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn