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Ie7 addons - which are necessary?

Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by Mel, 2008/12/12.

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    Mel

    Mel Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Ive tried countless google searches, and even youtube searches, to find out which addons are essential for things like java and flash to work. i have ones on there that i dont even recognize or know what theyre for. ive disabled obvious ones like 'avg safe search' (cuz it just ***** up time and memory) but, i still am wondering which are necessary.

    the only things i could find on google was things saying to add more addons - but arent addons just memory hogs?

    im confused why we even need addons... ie6 didnt have any but things like java and flash worked then. its weird.

    i know you can run it without any addons, but then java & flash dont work, which are really the only 2 things i use. (and this version wont run in slimbrowser either. its a browser that looks like tabbed ie6 but uses all of ie7's settings)

    can anyone offer any help?
     
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    It did provided that you were running XP SP2 ......

    Control Internet Explorer Add-ons with Add-on Manager
    In IE7 - Tools > Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons look under Publisher for Sun Microsystems - these are the Java add-ons - 4 on my version of IE 7

    Flash is not listed, but should be found under .....

    Tools > Internet Options > General tab > Browsing History > Settings > View Objects
     
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    Mel

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    i have windows xp service pack 3 though, will that addon manager still work? is it worth getting?
     
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    I should perhaps have written - XP SP2 or above. The Manage Add-ons feature is integral to Internet Explorer, it is not a separate piece of software.

    In IE 6 as shown in the URL I posted, in IE7 as I posted ....
     
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    Mel

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    thats the thing though, ive found that, but i dont know what most of them are. theres quite a few when i look at the ones that 'have been used' at some point. nowhere on the internet has given any useful information in that regard yet, except to add more 'cool' addons/unrelated results. im just looking for basically, which ones do i need for a 'bare bones' browser, since i only use flash and java for games/videos, & just normal images and other browsing things (youtube, google, etc) that i wouldnt think are addons.
     
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    PeteC

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    You should only require those for Sun and Adobe as I noted above. Disable all others and test.

    The only copy of IE 7 I have running is on my Vista box - running IE8 on XP desktop and laptop, and shown below is the list of add-ons for a basic install of Vista SP2. Green are required, red are not for basic operation - these are for the Google Toolbar - an essential add-on for me :)
     

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    Mel

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    so, which ones for java do i really need? theres like 6 or 7 of them in the 'have been used' list
     
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    You only need those in the current window.
     
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