# Lost "Advanced" Tab in Win Explorer 6.0

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 26, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690 "2003-08-26T05:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Notomatoes\_2003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@Notomatoes\_2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Notomatoes_2003)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690/1 "2003-08-26T05:23:01Z")

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Whether through windows update or hostile code while surfing . . somehow my “Advanced” tab in “Internet Options” disappeared. I re-installed Explorer from hard drive and it still is not there. Anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690/2 "2003-08-26T05:58:21Z")

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Just a WAG, but perhaps you’re logged onto Windows as a user who doesn’t have admin privileges, and therefore aren’t allowed to change some of the IE settings.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690/3 "2003-08-26T06:10:05Z")

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The tabs can be enabled/disabled via registry settings. Corporate installs will sometimes do this to keeps users from messing with company standard settings.

You comfortable editing the registry? If so, navigate to HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel and look for an “AdvancedTab” value. If it’s there, double-click it and set it to 0. If it’s not there, look in HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel for the same value.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690/4 "2003-08-26T08:01:06Z")

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Download a copy of[Fresh UI](http://www.freshdevices.com/) from Fresh Devices, it allows you to make all kinds of changes to IE options (and Windows, Outlook Express and some other MS applications) without fiddling with the registry. Toggling the Advanced tab is included. It is completely freeware, without any spyware or adware attached.

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**Author:** ![mecaenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-advanced-tab-in-win-explorer-6-0/197690/5 "2003-08-26T09:54:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fear Itself \*  
> \*\*Download a copy of[Fresh UI](http://www.freshdevices.com/) from Fresh Devices, it allows you to make all kinds of changes to IE options (and Windows, Outlook Express and some other MS applications) without fiddling with the registry. Toggling the Advanced tab is included. It is completely freeware, without any spyware or adware attached. \*\*

Thanks, this was happening to me too. As a side note, at first attempt FreshUI didn’t restore my “Advanced” tab, I had to toggle it off and on again to make it update Internet Explorer.