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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 204 | Posted May 22, 2004

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In internet explorer, hit the Tools menu, then Internet Options...

Posted by: Leo at September 27, 2004 7:29 PM

PROBLEM: Internet Options under Tools on Internet Explorer is changed and the General Tab is no longer present. To repair this issue you must fix a data value in the registry. To do this do the following.

CLICK START BUTTON > CLICK ON RUN & type in regedit > this will take you to your registry, where you have to go to repair the issue.

Once there, on the left side there go to the following...
Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then click on Software
then click on Policies
then click on Microsoft
Then click on Internet Explorer
and then click Control Panel.

On the right side there is data GeneralTab.
After GeneralTab is REG_SZ an then is value 0 or something.
Right click entry GeneralTab and click modify.
Then write 0x00000000 (0) at Value data.
Click ok and close window.
Open internet explorer and general is visible again.

Posted by: nOone at July 30, 2005 12:40 PM

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

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