IE 8 Developer Tools not working In Windows?

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Andrew picture Andrew · Aug 5, 2009 · Viewed 74.6k times · Source

I am using Internet Explorer 8, not by choice. I need to debug a script in it. However, no matter how many times I click the Developer Tools Icon, under Tools or click F12 it will not show up. Sometimes, I can see that it is minimized in the taskbar but when I actually go to click it. It will not show up...

Does anyone know how to get it to work or what the problem is? I tried updating restarting killing all the processes with no luck.

Answer

Ian picture Ian · Jun 17, 2010

I did the following:

  1. Right click on developer tools in the task bar,
  2. Select Maximize,
  3. Pin the window to Internet Explorer (Ctrl + P)
  4. Then it should appear in IE.
  5. Select the restore button to unpin.

I really hope someone got fired for that.

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