# Windows Explorer 7.0 - Is It Time to "Upgrade"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-explorer-7-0-is-it-time-to-upgrade/429508>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-explorer-7-0-is-it-time-to-upgrade/429508 "2007-12-10T18:40:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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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:** [December 22, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-explorer-7-0-is-it-time-to-upgrade/429508/21 "2007-12-22T14:42:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Myglaren]  
I use Firefox on several machines, both Linux and Windows. Never had it lose anything.  
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I’ve never had the clap either, but that doen’t mean it isn’t a problem.

[Can I recover my bookmarks in Firefox?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8504484&highlight=firefox+bookmarks#post8504484)

[Where did my Firefox bookmarks go?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8229286&highlight=firefox+bookmarks#post8229286)

[Why does firefox keeps deleting my bookmarks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7482993&highlight=firefox+bookmarks#post7482993)

[Where’s my bookmarks? :😠: (Firefox rant)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6946664&highlight=firefox+bookmarks#post6946664)

[Firefox question-It ate my bookmarks!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6844687&highlight=firefox+bookmarks#post6844687)

And that is just the Teeming Millions; many, many more on Google.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-explorer-7-0-is-it-time-to-upgrade/429508/22 "2007-12-22T15:36:22Z")

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What bugs are there in IE7?

-FrL-

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**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-explorer-7-0-is-it-time-to-upgrade/429508/23 "2007-12-22T15:46:27Z")

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There’s a 14.7 meg upgrade to IE7 sitting in my computer now that offers “enhanced security, a cleaner look, and features to make everyday tasks such as printing and searching the web easier”. Haven’t installed it yet, hoping to hear something from others first. Anyone know anything?

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-explorer-7-0-is-it-time-to-upgrade/429508/24 "2007-12-22T16:32:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Frylock]  
What bugs are there in IE7?

-FrL-  
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IME there really are no significant problems with IE7. The biggest issue I saw was the infamous sbcyahoo dsl psaspi.dll debacle. Sbc’s self setup disks installed a critical file to windows that was very incompatible w/IE7, like failure to boot incompatible. I had an sbc tech telling a customer it was because I was intalling the vista version of IE7, and that the only way to fix it was a full reload of windows.

Many of the other problems were secondary to installing IE7 on a browser with preexisting spyware problems. Spyware writers have been less than helpful so far on patching those IE7 incompatible plugins.

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