Solved IE 10 always opens with extra tabs

Frank1

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I have Windows 8 and, of course, IE10. I have Google set as my home page and when I open IE it always opens up with Google as it should. However, for the past few days, along with Google, it always opens with a tab called, "Ten Must-know-windows 8 features." When I click on Tools/Internet Options in the box at the top where it has the home page that I want, it has Google at the top and just below that it has the ," Ten Must-----" web site. I can delete the one that I don't want, but the next time I open IE, that tab is still there. I even went to the Tabs settings and made sure it was set to default. I restarted my computer and it didn't help. I then went to Advanced settings and reset to default setting. That made it worse. It now opens Google, and an extra Google tab along with the " Ten Most--most" tab. I have been using IE for quite some time and this is the first time it has happened. It's not a big problem, but it shouldn't be doing that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion g7-120us Notebook
    Memory
    8 GIG
Hello Frank,

Odd, you might see if using the tutorial below to specify and prevent changing the home page may work as a workaround for this until a better solution is found.

Internet Explorer Home Page - Specify and Prevent Changing - Windows 7 Forums

The home pages for IE10 are saved in the registry locations below. You might also check there to remove the "ten must" entry.

Current User:

(Main Home Page)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Start Page string value (right pane)


(Secondary Home Pages)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Secondary Start Pages string value (right pane)


OR

Applied to All Users (overrides above):

(Main Home Page)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Start Page string value (right pane)


(Secondary Home Pages)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Secondary Start Pages string value (right pane)
 
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System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
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    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
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    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
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    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Hello Frank,

Odd, you might see if using the tutorial below to specify and prevent changing the home page may work as a workaround for this until a better solution is found.

Internet Explorer Home Page - Specify and Prevent Changing - Windows 7 Forums

The home pages for IE10 are saved in the registry locations below. You might also check there to remove the "ten must" entry.

Current User:

(Main Home Page)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Start Page string value (right pane)


(Secondary Home Pages)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Secondary Start Pages string value (right pane)


OR

Applied to All User (overrides above):

(Main Home Page)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Start Page string value (right pane)


(Secondary Home Pages)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Secondary Start Pages string value (right pane)

Brink--By trial and error (mostly error) I managed to fix it. I went through the tutorial and everything seemed to be set the way it should be. So, I asked myself what was I doing before this happened. Well--I was messing the Tabs settings in IE and also some things under the Advanced/Browser settings. So in order to fix the problem I first set the tabs setting back to default with no help. I then went to Advanced settings and clicked on Restore Advanced Settings. Still it didn't fix it. So this last time I went to the Advanced settings and clicked on Reset. That did the trick. Thanks for your feedback on this.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion g7-120us Notebook
    Memory
    8 GIG
Odd it didn't work the first time, but glad you got it sorted. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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