Internet Explorer 8 is a popular web browser and add-on manager. It offers a variety of features that can be used to manage add-ons, including installing and uninstallation, security and privacy protection, and controlling how add-ons are used. To troubleshoot and manage add-ons in IE8, follow these steps:

  1. Open IE8 and click the Tools button on the top left corner of the screen. This will open the Add-ons Manager.
  2. In the Add-ons Manager, click on the Extensions tab. This will show all of your installed extensions.
  3. To uninstall an extension, click on its name and select Uninstall from the menu that appears. The extension will be uninstalled automatically. To install an extension, select Install from the menu that appears and follow the prompts to install it into IE8.
  4. To control how an extension is used, select Use from the dropdown list next to its name in the Add-ons Manager or choose Customize from within an extension’s settings page to set its preferences more specifically.

Managing Add-ons

To start managing your IE Add-ons click on Tools and go to Manage Add-ons.

The Manage Add-on screen opens and from here you can do several things like view the Add-ons installed, their status, version, load time and more.

Narrow down the information about different Add-ons based on their type.

 

There the ability to search for more information about each Add-on.

 

To make navigation easier they can be easily sorted according do different criteria.

On the lower left side of the Manage Add-ons window click on the link which takes you to the IE 8 Add-ons Gallery.

Troubleshoot Slow Load Times

If Internet Explorer 8 starts to load more slowly than normal this is a good place to determine why. You can view how much time is taking to load under the Load time column.

  

If you find one is taking more than an appropriate amount of time to load you can disable it. 

Sometimes other Add-on features won’t work if it one is disabled and you and can cancel the operation if you want.

Disabling an Add-on is only temporary and you can easily re-enable one by going back into the list and Right-click Enable.

 

If you haven’t upgraded to Internet Explorer 8 yet, it is included with Windows 7 and this should help you out in managing its Add-ons feature.

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