Subscription Options Missing in Internet Explorer 5

ID: Q228243

This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade to Windows 2000 or Internet Explorer 5, the Manage Subscriptions option from Internet Explorer 4.x is no longer available on the Favorites menu. Additionally, the Subscription tab is missing in the properties of your subscribed favorites.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the Internet Explorer 4.x subscription feature is called Synchronize and is available on the Tools menu in Internet Explorer 5. Synchronization settings for individual favorites are available using the "Make available offline" or Synchronize commands on the menu that appears when you right-click a favorite, or from the Web Document, Schedule, or Download tabs that are available when you click Properties on the menu that appears when you right-click one of your offline (subscribed) favorites.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, use the appropriate procedure from the "Making pages available for offline viewing" topic in Internet Explorer Help. To view this Help topic, click Contents and Index on the Help menu in Internet Explorer, click the Contents tab, click Browsing the Web Offline, and then click Making pages available offline.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbtool kbui msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000,5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999