IE 8 Developer Tools not working In Windows?

Question

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 wi

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

1. F12 (key for developer tools)
2. alt + space + x (Maximize windows)
3. click in top name bar and move window

Answer 3

I had the same problem and tried repeated moving; the move cursor always returned to the top left hand of the screen.

The solution for me was to select the item on the taskbar, right click and select maximise and the IE 8 tools window appeared fine.

Answer 4

I tried nearly all the answers but none of them worked in my case. The way I made that worked is a little bit work around.

1. Go to Tools> Internet Options> Advanced> Uncheck the disable script debugging.
2. Now, open up any html page which has some scripting errors. This will enable the developers tool back to work.

Answer 5

After deselecting the Internet Explorer option from Windows' Add/Remove Windows Components dialogue, I cannot open the tools (although the browser was not removed at all). Re-adding that component has no effect.

Re-installing Windows XP in VirtualBox seems to be the most reliable solution.

Answer 6

Try holding down the WINDOWS key (next to the alt/ctrl) and use the arrow keys