Scenario:

You want to start Internet Explorer in safe mode with no-addons. You may want to do this in order to see if an add-on or extension is causing issues with your browser.

Solution:

Depending on your version of Windows you could be running either 32-bit or 64-bit Internet Explorer (or you may want to run 32-bit IE on 64-bit Windows). Below I will include both all paths.

32-bit IE on 64-bit Windows

1. Press Windows Key+R to bring up the run dialog
2. Enter this (with quotes as listed) “C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -extoff

64-bit IE on 64-bit Windows

1. Press Windows Key+R to bring up the run dialog
2. Enter this (with quotes as listed) “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -extoff

32-bit IE on 32-bit Windows

1. Press Windows Key+R to bring up the run dialog
2. Enter this (with quotes as listed) “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -extoff