If uninstalling Flash
(http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...4157&sliceId=2)
and then (re)installing Flash Player v9.0.115.0
(http://www.adobe.com/support/flashpl...loads.html#fp9) doesn't
resolve your problems...

You may have a horked (dirty; bad; flawed) install of IE7. I suggest that
you...

1. Uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6) per
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

2a. Uninstall all toolbars and third-party Windows Themes (including Window
Blinds).

2b. Disable all Norton Add-ons, if applicable.

3. Reinstall IE7 exactly per
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install, and using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.mspx as the installation
source, not Automatic/Windows Update.

4. IMMEDIATELY go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install any
critical updates offered. If a "Root Certificates" update is listed in the
Optional category, you might install it, too, to take full advantage of
IE7's additional security.

Also see:

IEBlog : IE7 (Un)Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


hselburn wrote:
> I have the same issue, and this is with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro
> SP2 and IE 7. I had to get a new hard drive because of issues with my
> original XP Pro SP2 install and that one appears to be borked although
> maybe if I can repair the registry on that drive, but that's not what I'm
> writing about here. I can't get the add-on's window to appear in IE 7.
> This
> may be related to Adobe flash 9 not completing an install, but I don't
> know
> if that is of any relevance. I'm going to be dealing with Adobe on that as
> that particular issue is there problem, and not Microsofts. I would like
> some advice on how to get the add-on window to appear since it refuses to
> from internet options. Any advice is appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> hselburn
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Windows version? IE version?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Compiler wrote:
>>> Thanks for your response, but IE was already loaded, I should have
>>> stated
>>> that in the post. I noticed an Add-On I did not recognize, and disabled
>>> it.
>>> I'm not sure how I missed it before. I was able to track down the CSLID
>>> in
>>> the registry and remove the Key(s). After that, I could see the
>>> currently
>>> loaded Add-Ons.
>>>
>>> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Start Internet Explorer, then look.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Leonard Grey
>>>> Errare humanum est
>>>>
>>>> Compiler wrote:
>>>>> Manage Add-Ons will not let me view "Add-ons currently loaded in
>>>>> Internet
>>>>> Explorer" from the drop-down menu. Is there a flag in the registry to
>>>>> fix
>>>>> this? I suspect something is installed that doesn't want me to see
>>>>> current
>>>>> modules usage in the Add-Ons. I have read about setting some group
>>>>> policies for disabling Add-Ons, but can't find anything regarding this
>>>>> problem--yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA