Be careful about that statement as folk may take you literally.
Do try the old ways such as:
1. Tap Alt+F
2. Run IEXPLORE in it's own safe mode (this is not XP's safe mode and I'll give you the benefit you are a XP eXPert.)
3. The usual item in Control Panel has a reset defaults for IE under internet options. Again, XP users tend to be experts so I just share the basics.
Bob
Internet explorer comes up but there is no tool bar. I can not do anything because when I type something in the address bar internet explorer disappears. Some how I followed the wrong directions and changed all my .exe files to internet explorer. Now I only have access to Opera. I can't pull up nothing in the control panel. I'm stuck. If I could get IE to load properly I'd have access to other programs. I can't down load anything either. I'm stuck! Please Help! Windows XP Professional is my operating system.

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