How can I remove all add-ons from Internet Explorer?

[Lasher]

Over time I've gotten about a million add-ons. I have about half of them disabled because of a security problem awhile back. I switched to Mozilla Firefox, but I'm thinking it would be best to just start over with IE, insofar as add-ons are concerned, in case I ever want to use it for anything.

Internet Explorer Version 8.0, Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 2.

[elias49]

1. Why not just stay with Firefox?

There are plenty of add-ons and plug-ins available for Firefox. I.E. offers nothing that Firefox doesn't offer.
My 2 cents..

[Lasher]

3. One thing is, I can read an XPS document with IE

Can't do that with Firefox. I plan to stay with Firefox as my primary browser. But the thing is, I just want to clean up IE.

[struggle4progress]

2. Internet Explorer add-ons: frequently asked questions

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Internet-Explorer-add-ons-frequently-asked-questions

Advice seems to be for IE7 or IE8 under Vista. MS site may have si8milar info for other versions of IE under other Windows versions

[Lasher]

4. I think this is gonna work for me, thanks.

I'll try it later.

Another idea I've had is to uninstall IE and then reinstall it.

[hobbit709]

5. That may not be a good idea.

Uninstalling IE8 can lead to some major problems.

[Lasher]

6. OK, I'll just use the information struggle4progress furnished

Thanks