Starting Microsoft Internet Explorer Without A Home Page

By default, Microsoft Internet Explorer always opens with a page. However, if you would like to do so, you can open IE 5.x with no start page at all. To modify your IE 5.x to open minus a start page, right-click your IE shortcut and choose Properties. When the Properties dialog box opens, click the Shortcut tab. Now, click in the Target entry box. Add to the end of the current command line

-nohome

and click OK. Your Microsoft Internet Explorer will now open with no page at all. You can achieve the same end with IE open by clicking on Tools, then Internet Options, and selecting "use blank" in the Home Page box.

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-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

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