Re: IE7 unknown publisher?

"Bob Gardner" <Bob > wrote in message
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>When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified
>program wants access to your computer: iexlplorer.exe"
>"Unidentified Publisher." I find this hard to believe.
>I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem
>a little strange that a MSFT program does not recognize
>MSFT as a legitimate publisher.

Recently had the same problem. After I ran a few anti-spyware programs to remove
a trojan, my Internet Explorer would only work if I ran it as Administrator.
Then the "Unknown Publisher" popup would appear. All the advice I've seen regarding
how to fix this is mostly crap. Changing security permissions, registry entries...
etc.

LOL. After 6 hours of research and testing, I found it was actually quite easy
to fix. The problem is in the shortcut icon you use to fire it up. One of the
anti-spyware programs must've changed the 'Start in' property. Just change
the entry back to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" and all is fixed. Even
better, delete the shortcut and use Windows Explorer to go to C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\iexplore.exe, right-click and create a new shortcut.

'Onya

"Big LN" wrote:

>
> "Bob Gardner" <Bob > wrote in message
> news:AA1DF773-F207-4A33-AE96-...
>
> >When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified
> >program wants access to your computer: iexlplorer.exe"
> >"Unidentified Publisher." I find this hard to believe.
> >I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem
> >a little strange that a MSFT program does not recognize
> >MSFT as a legitimate publisher.
>
> Recently had the same problem. After I ran a few anti-spyware programs to remove
> a trojan, my Internet Explorer would only work if I ran it as Administrator.
> Then the "Unknown Publisher" popup would appear. All the advice I've seen regarding
> how to fix this is mostly crap. Changing security permissions, registry entries...
> etc.
>
> LOL. After 6 hours of research and testing, I found it was actually quite easy
> to fix. The problem is in the shortcut icon you use to fire it up. One of the
> anti-spyware programs must've changed the 'Start in' property. Just change
> the entry back to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" and all is fixed. Even
> better, delete the shortcut and use Windows Explorer to go to C:\Program Files\Internet
> Explorer\iexplore.exe, right-click and create a new shortcut.
>
> 'Onya
>
I wouldn't waste my time with this lame duck IE7 because there are better
browsers around like FF3 or Opera,they are fast,efficient and have good
looks. IE7 works very poorly even with IE7Pro addon.

"brummyfan" <> wrote in message
news:71C84728-648F-44C0-99AF-...
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>
> "Big LN" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bob Gardner" <Bob > wrote in message
>> news:AA1DF773-F207-4A33-AE96-...
>>
>> >When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified
>> >program wants access to your computer: iexlplorer.exe"
>> >"Unidentified Publisher." I find this hard to believe.
>> >I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem
>> >a little strange that a MSFT program does not recognize
>> >MSFT as a legitimate publisher.
>>
>> Recently had the same problem. After I ran a few anti-spyware programs to
>> remove
>> a trojan, my Internet Explorer would only work if I ran it as
>> Administrator.
>> Then the "Unknown Publisher" popup would appear. All the advice I've seen
>> regarding
>> how to fix this is mostly crap. Changing security permissions, registry
>> entries...
>> etc.
>>
>> LOL. After 6 hours of research and testing, I found it was actually quite
>> easy
>> to fix. The problem is in the shortcut icon you use to fire it up. One of
>> the
>> anti-spyware programs must've changed the 'Start in' property. Just
>> change
>> the entry back to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" and all is fixed.
>> Even
>> better, delete the shortcut and use Windows Explorer to go to C:\Program
>> Files\Internet
>> Explorer\iexplore.exe, right-click and create a new shortcut.
>>
>> 'Onya
>>
> I wouldn't waste my time with this lame duck IE7 because there are better
> browsers around like FF3 or Opera,they are fast,efficient and have good
> looks. IE7 works very poorly even with IE7Pro addon.
It is still needed for Windows Update...

"brummyfan" <> wrote in message
news:71C84728-648F-44C0-99AF-...
>
>
> "Big LN" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bob Gardner" <Bob > wrote in message
>> news:AA1DF773-F207-4A33-AE96-...
>>
>> >When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified
>> >program wants access to your computer: iexlplorer.exe"
>> >"Unidentified Publisher." I find this hard to believe.
>> >I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem
>> >a little strange that a MSFT program does not recognize
>> >MSFT as a legitimate publisher.
>>
>> Recently had the same problem. After I ran a few anti-spyware programs to
>> remove
>> a trojan, my Internet Explorer would only work if I ran it as
>> Administrator.
>> Then the "Unknown Publisher" popup would appear. All the advice I've seen
>> regarding
>> how to fix this is mostly crap. Changing security permissions, registry
>> entries...
>> etc.
>>
>> LOL. After 6 hours of research and testing, I found it was actually quite
>> easy
>> to fix. The problem is in the shortcut icon you use to fire it up. One of
>> the
>> anti-spyware programs must've changed the 'Start in' property. Just
>> change
>> the entry back to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" and all is fixed.
>> Even
>> better, delete the shortcut and use Windows Explorer to go to C:\Program
>> Files\Internet
>> Explorer\iexplore.exe, right-click and create a new shortcut.
>>
>> 'Onya
>>
> I wouldn't waste my time with this lame duck IE7 because there are better
> browsers around like FF3 or Opera,they are fast,efficient and have good
> looks. IE7 works very poorly even with IE7Pro addon.

I prefer IE7. I've tried Firefox, Opera and Safari. I don't like any of
them. I don't have any problems with IE.

C.B.


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