User Guide

Your web favorites

You can pin websites to your Start screen or add them to your browser favorites. Here’s how:

1. Go to a site that you want to pin or make a favorite.

2. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen (or right-click).

3. Tap the Favorites button or the Pin button.

Notes

 Favorites. See Use favorites to save websites you like on Windows.com.

 Sync your settings. If you’re using a Microsoft account, your favorites, open tabs, home page, history,

and settings can be synced across your Windows RT and Windows 8 PCs. For more info, see Sync your

settings in this guide.

Internet Explorer for the desktop

You can also surf the web from the desktop using Internet Explorer for the desktop. Here’s how:

 From the desktop, tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.

Change settings. Tap (upper-right corner) > Internet options. Pop-up Blocker is on the Privacy tab. Both

Internet Explorer apps use the same settings.

Browser history. Tap (upper-right corner) > History tab.

Display problems? If a website you're visiting doesn't look right or videos won’t play, see Fix site display

problems with Compatibility View and Why won't videos play in Internet Explorer? on Windows.com.

Add-ons

Internet Explorer 11 is designed to provide an add-on free experience, playing HTML5 and many Adobe Flash

Player videos without installing a separate add-on. Add-ons and toolbars will only work in Internet Explorer for

the desktop. To view a page that requires add-ons in Internet Explorer, swipe down or right-click to bring up the

Address bar, tap or click the Page tools button, and then tap or click View on the desktop.

You can view, enable, and disable the list of add-ons that can be used by Internet Explorer for the desktop. For

more info, see Manage add-ons in Internet Explorer on Windows.com.

Java and Silverlight plug-in compatibility

Add-ons, like Java and Silverlight, only work in Internet Explorer for the desktop. For installation instructions, see

Install Java in Internet Explorer on Windows.com, or go to Microsoft.com/Silverlight to install Silverlight in

Internet Explorer for the desktop.