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Summary: Sometimes critical parts of applications like Internet Explorer go missing. It's often the result of spyware.

I lost the general tab in my internet options, how do I get it back?

That's most likely a spyware thing, run a spyware removal tool such as Spybot or any of the other recommendations I have.

Article C1946 - May 22, 2004

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I Have fixed the general Tab on reboot the problem comes back how can I fix this
Alpower2000

Posted by: alpower2000 at August 15, 2005 12:39 PM

i want to hide internet options from internet explorer from registry, so how can i hide.
thanx

Posted by: syed bullahy shah at September 3, 2005 11:12 AM

Thats great Thanks

Posted by: Rakesh at December 11, 2006 8:16 AM

Thanks for the advice

Posted by: Tony at June 1, 2007 8:13 AM

I used your suggestion for the above problem. No results. Same as before. And yes I did have a virus, but it was removed. Where do I go from here. If you can help I would appreciate, also I am not an experienced PC user.

Posted by: Audrey Keats at July 16, 2007 8:07 AM

I have the exact same problem, but with a twist. I had installed Trailfire nt long ago. Everything was running fine, now I can't access Internet Options at all nor remove this Trailfire toolbar from my add/remove programs or otherwise. It tells me it doesn't exist, but yet when I opne IE it is there. Makes no sense how it can say this to me. I have tried going into local c ans deleting the entire file, but it won't do this either. I'm stuck! and now can't get into Tool> Ineternet Options. I tried the suggestion above, and could nto find Interent Explorer in the list to look at. what may be causing this?

Posted by: Hard at July 27, 2007 1:12 PM

what is the (general tab). I followed the order I read up the page and control panel on mine is not under internet explorer. then i did fine on the data general tab it says (default REG_sz (value not set) what does that mean. Thanks!

Posted by: levi arias at March 19, 2008 2:57 PM

okay i did everything until the internet explorer part, i click on microsoft but under there i did not have internet options just conferencing and system ceritificates....

what do i do?

Posted by: nina at October 8, 2008 7:36 PM

i did all of that but there is not control panel under inernet explorer!! The whole tool help home favorites and bookmark is gone from my internet tool bar and t wont let me update or install anything on the internet site its being blocked by a popup which that part of my tool bar is gone!! PLZ help!!

Posted by: JEn at November 8, 2008 11:34 AM

see i go on to control panel then i click on internet options and im tring to get quicktabs but it dosent show up what do i do

Posted by: nanna at July 5, 2009 2:21 PM

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