I have been having an issue with Internet Explorer 11 in that the developer tools seem to be broken or just not working at all. When I hit f12 a window pops up at the bottom with a blank white screen. I can right click on it in the left area and get a menu. When I click create a shortcut in that menu I see it is referencing F12Resources.dll in the internet explorer folder. When I click view source this is what I get:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><metahttp-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"content="IE=11"/><title>F12 Tools</title><linkrel="stylesheet"type="text/css"href="header.css"data-plugin-theme="true"/><!-- Daytona Includes --><scripttype="text/javascript"src="../common/plugin.js"></script><scripttype="text/javascript"src="../Common/CommonMinimal.js"></script><scripttype="text/javascript"src="HeaderMerged.js"></script><scripttype="text/javascript">// The main entry point
F12.Host.Header.App.main();</script></head><body><divid="f12Logo"></div><navid="tabContainer"><divid="prevTabButton"class="tabNavButton tabNavButtonDisabled"></div><divid="tabListContainer"><ulid="tabList"></ul></div><divid="nextTabButton"class="tabNavButton tabNavButtonDisabled"></div></nav></body></html>
I do not see the files listed below in the Internet Explorer folder or even anywhere on my system:
plugin.js, CommonMinimal.js, HeaderMerged.js
So I wonder could this be the problem?
Please if anybody can help me it would be greatly appreciated. I have windows 7 home premium.
I have exhausted my searches on the web and think it's time to get help.
I have tried the gpedit.msc edits and found nothing relevant in that area.
I have also tried some registry edits and found nothing there too.
Thank You,
Sean Mulroy
Answer 1.
Previous versions of IE developer tools will not work on IE11.
Uninstall any previous tools (especially standalone version installations) if (still) present, and make a fresh (re)install of the latest IE11 download. Don't try to install IE tools over IE11 installation separately because they are already threre as a part of IE11 installation. Doing so will make a conflict that will reflect in experienced result. Reboot the computer even if not prompted.
Good luck.
Answer 2.
I ordered an OS Disk for my computer. I think starting over with a clean install should fix this. Thank you for all the replies. I don't have the option to open IE in no addons mode but i have disabled all of them. I went to uninstall the previous dev tools but didn't find any so i must have already uninstalled them.
