Q
I am using Windows 8 Pro with
Internet Explorer 10. I also use
Google as my homepage.
Recently when I click the button to open
Internet Explorer I get a blank page
rather than my Google homepage. What
has happened?
Gurpreet Sodhi
A
Confusingly, Windows 8 includes
two versions of Internet Explorer
(IE): a basic, new-style app
launched by clicking a tile on the Start
screen, and a traditional program that’s
launched from the Windows Desktop.
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| Windows 8 includes two versions of Internet Explorer – use the Desktop to version to make most changes |
From your description of the problem, it
sounds like you are using the app (new
style) version of IE,
and that this has had
its default homepage
somehow set to
display a blank page.
Th e problem is
easy to fix but, for
added confusion, the
relevant setting is
available only in the
Desktop version of
IE. Click the Desktop
tile on the Start
screen and click the Internet Explorer
button on the Taskbar to launch the
Desktop version of IE. Now click the cog
icon at the top-right of the IE window
and choose Internet
Options. In the Internet
Options dialogue box, select
the General tab, click in the
Home page box and type
http://www.google.co.uk.
Click OK to close the
dialogue box.
Now return to the Start
screen (just press the
Windows key) and click the
Internet Explorer tile. Close the app by
click and dragging from the top of the
screen and, next time you launch it, the
Google homepage will be displayed.