Disable InPrivate Browsing in IE8

[trickson]

Hello,

I wan to disable InPrivate Browsing feature in IE8, i know its good feature and provides better privacy but i don't wan to keep this in my pc. There is option to enable it from menu but where to disable it once enabled? i can't find option for it. I'm using windows xp sp3, please provide some help. Thanking you.

[Raine]

You can simply reset the IE8 settings to defaults if yuo can't find option to disable InPrivate Browsing. To Reset Internet Explorer Settings follow these steps:

1. First Close IE8.
2. Click Start -> Run -> inetcpl.cpl
3. You'll see Internet Options dialog box .
4. Click on Advanced tab.
5. Under Reset Internet Explorer settings, click Reset. Then click Reset again.
6. Now start IE8 again.

[trickson]

Originally Posted by Raine

You can simply reset the IE8 settings to defaults if yuo can't find option to disable InPrivate Browsing. To Reset Internet Explorer Settings follow these steps:

1. First Close IE8.
2. Click Start -> Run -> inetcpl.cpl
3. You'll see Internet Options dialog box .
4. Click on Advanced tab.
5. Under Reset Internet Explorer settings, click Reset. Then click Reset again.
6. Now start IE8 again.

Thanks for your reply, i know the option to reset IE, but i don't want to reset all my settings, i would just like to diable InPrivate Browsing feature. Any more help?

[Raiz]

From the Microsoft Knowledge Base article about InPrivate Browsing in IE8:

You can disable InPrivate Browsing by using Parental Controls in Windows Vista, or Windows Live Family Safety on Windows XP. Network administrators can disable InPrivate Browsing through Group Policy.

See more here : InPrivate Browsing

[Nebersek]

Here is registry tweak to disable InPrivate Browsing in IE8, i don't know if there is another normal or alternative way to disable it. But if you are familiar i using registry editor then follow the steps given below but don't forget to make a backup of registry first in case you messed up something.

Step1: Open Registry Editor , Go to Start -> Run -> regedit
Step2: Navigate to following registry key:

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Privacy

Step3: Now create a DWORD value named EnableInPrivateBrowsing and set it to 0, and to re-enable it, set the DWORD value to 1 or delete the key.

Step4:Now restart IE and you can see InPrivate Browsing is Disable.