ABP Feature links fail to open in Win7 w/ IE11

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El Abuelo
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ABP Feature links fail to open in Win7 w/ IE11

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I am unable to open any of the ABP Feature links such as Disable Social Media Buttons> Open this Dialog. The first time I click it, I get "The webpage cannot be displayed." If I retry, it continues to look for the webpage and never stops.

I have reset my Internet Explorer 11 to default values, but it did not help with this problem.

Ideas anyone??

Thanks!
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mapx
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Re: ABP Feature links fail to open in Win7 w/ IE11

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ABP for IE can use only easylist (+ eventually a regional list)

for other lists ==> workaround:
forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=40736
El Abuelo
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Re: ABP Feature links fail to open in Win7 w/ IE11

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mapx,
Thanks for your prompt response. I had already learned that I could only have one installed list on ABP, but I could see that Fanboy could be associated with EasyList. I looked at the link that you provided, and I had seen that page as well.

Now, am I to understand that, in order to use the work-around, I first download & install Firefox, then assemble the combination of EasyList+Fanboy, and somehow transfer that to my IE add-on for ABP? Really???

I do appreciate your help. :^)
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Re: ABP Feature links fail to open in Win7 w/ IE11

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Sure, in firefox you add what lists you need, then follow the indications to add them (as patterns.ini file) in ABP for IE.
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Re: ABP Feature links fail to open in Win7 w/ IE11

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Well, that seems to be a rather cumbersome approach, but I guess I must realize that it is a "work-around", and just deal with it until something better is programmed into it.

Thanks for your help!!
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