


Step 4: Once you navigate to the Internet Explorer folder, right-click on iexplore (.exe), click Send to, and then click Desktop (create shortcut) option to create a shortcut of iexplore on desktop. In the above path, “C” is the drive letter of the drive where Windows 10 is installed. Step 3: Navigate to the following folder:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer (on 64-bit/圆4 Windows 10)Ĭ:\Program Files\Internet Explorer (on 32-bit/x86 Windows 10) To rebuild, please refer to our how to rebuild the search index in Windows 10 guide for step-by-step instructions.Īnd if the Internet Explorer shortcut is not appearing under the Windows Accessories folder, follow the instructions in steps given below. If the Internet Explorer shortcut is showing up, you can fix the issue (Internet Explore not appearing in search results) by rebuilding the search box. The Internet Explorer icon should appear here. Step 2: Click on the Windows Accessories folder. You need to scroll to see the Windows Accessories folder.

Note that in Windows 10 anniversary update builds, there is no All apps button in the Start menu. Step 1: Open Start menu, click All apps (if you can’t see All apps, refer to our All apps missing in Windows 10 guide), and then navigate to Windows Accessories folder. Method 1 of 2 Fix to missing Internet Explorer from Windows 10 Refer to our 6 ways to open the Internet Explorer in Windows 10 guide for directions. IMPORTANT: If the Internet Explorer is not showing up in the Start menu, you can try other methods out there to launch the Internet Explorer. If you’re also unable to launch Internet Explorer program in Windows 10 using the search, you can try out given below directions to launch Internet Explorer program To my surprise, the Internet Explorer shortcut was missing even from the Windows Accessories folder, and this was the reason why the Start menu search was unable to search for the Internet Explorer program. After restarting Windows 10 PC, I tried to launch the Internet Explorer browser using the Start menu search, but the search didn’t show Internet Explorer in its results.Īt first, I thought the Start menu search is not working as it should and tried to navigate to the Windows Accessories folder of the Start menu (under All apps), hoping that I can run Internet Explorer from there. RECOMMENDED: Download PC Repair tool to quickly find and fix Windows errors automaticallyĮarlier this morning, I rebooted my PC running Windows 10 to complete the installation of a pending update.
