Create Shortcut For Internet Explorer 10 Inprivate Browsing Mode In Windows 8

By just clicking this shortcut, you can quickly open Internet Explorer 10 in desktop mode with Inprivate turned on in Windows 8. – Right click (for touchscreens press and hold on an empty desktop area), and click (or tap) on New and Shortcut. -Type the below command into the location area, and click on the Next button. “%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -private – Type Inprivate (or any) for the name, and click (or tap) on the Finish button. That’s all.

– If you want to open some site always in Inprivate browsing mode, you can add the website’s URL after -private. For example, to have it open to YouTube, just type as given below: “%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -private http://www.youtube.com/

– Now, if you like, you can pin the shortcut to your Windows 8 Start screen for easy access. For that, right click the shortcut and select “Pin to Start”. Final words: Usually InPrivate-browsing mode of Internet Explorer 10 can be enabled by clicking the gear icon and selecting Safety and Inprivate browsing or using the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + P (desktop mode). For Metro mode, click anywhere on the IE window, select tab tools and then choose “New inprivate tab”.