easy Metro IE disapears, need copy of Internet Explorer shortcut

[Matthew_Thepc]

Hello Neowin,

I was wondering if anyone could do something easy for me. Recently my Immersive IE dissapeared, and browsing thru Microsoft's forum I found http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/thread/6212fafa-9aca-404e-b268-a5af13eddf1b. Would it be possible for anyone to zip up the Internet Explorer shortcut in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and check if there's also one in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories (which would need to be copied/zipped also)? If you could just do that for me, it would be a huge help. Also, it would probably work best if you were on 64 bit, but I don't think it should matter.

Thanks a million,

Matthew

[Matthew_Thepc]

Hello Neowin,

I was wondering if anyone could do something easy for me. Recently my Immersive IE dissapeared, and browsing thru Microsoft's forum I found http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/thread/6212fafa-9aca-404e-b268-a5af13eddf1b.'>http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/thread/6212fafa-9aca-404e-b268-a5af13eddf1b. Would it be possible for anyone to zip up the Internet Explorer shortcut in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and check if there's also one in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories (which would need to be copied/zipped also)? If you could just do that for me, it would be a huge help. Also, it would probably work best if you were on 64 bit, but I don't think it should matter.

Thanks a million,

Matthew

UPDATE: the correct link is http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/thread/6212fafa-9aca-404e-b268-a5af13eddf1b

[Matthew_Thepc]

It appears this issue can be fixed by uninstalling and re installing Firefox.

[Princess Katie Pixie]

Metro IE disappears too bad for you.

[Matthew_Thepc]

Metro IE disappears too bad for you.

As I stated, it was incorrect to assume that simply getting a second copy of a shortcut would fix this issue. A while ago I was helped on a Microsoft forum and it turns out Firefox somehow caused the problem. By uninstalling Firefox, disabling IE, restarting, and finally re-enabling IE, this problem can be fixed. I was merely updating this thread to allow anyone with the same problem in the future the instructions on how to fix this.

[DarkyDan]

Metro IE only disappears if you set an alternate Desktop Browser as default i.e Chrome/Firefox. If you re-set IE10 Desktop as your default Browser, the immersive version will start working again from the start screen tile.