I had used Google Earth under different Windows OS's and different IE browsers with out incident. Secveral weeks ago after a windows update the computer rebooted to not being able to find an OS (win7 Ult)(no directory), and I had also lost a directory on an external HD( which I was able to recover with DiskCheck). I Fdisked my C/ HD. and started re-install. Yesterday I reinstalled Google Earth, and Without any promps Google installed both Google earth, Google chrome, and the google "browser". I found this out when after re-boot when I tried to access the internet through a Outlook email hyperlink and received the error "this operation has been cancled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. deep in the bowels of TechNet I found the following fix: Dear All i just try the following solution and all thing are working perfectly, by making some changes to your registry keys (please only edit reg keys if you are familiar/comfortable with your system). Thanks to 'Nakro' and 'nondescript' for their helpful instructions provided below! Restore registry settings in the User Profile: 1. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. 2. Locate the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html 3. On the File menu, click Export. 4. In the Export Registry File dialog box, enter HKCU_Classes_HTML_Backup.reg and click Save. Note: This will create a backup of this registry key in the My Documents folder by default. 5. Right click the (Default) value for the .html key and select Modify... 6. Change the value from "ChromeHTML" to "htmlfile" Repeat steps 1-6 for .htm and .shtml keys if they exist, remember to change the name of your backup file for each export. Regards Anas El_Wahdan Proposed As Answer byLundq Sunday, December 12, 2010 9:06 PM Someone needs to TAKE Google to task on this bit of Horse Feathers. Henry Sherwood

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Hi Henry, First, I would like to confirm that if you are still encountered the problem when accessing the internet through the Outlook email hyperlink and received the error "this operation has been cancled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.” If this is the case, please refer to the following KB article: You receive an error message when you click a hyperlink in Outlook Also, please understand that this is Windows 7 Forum while this issue is more related to Microsoft Office. In order to get the answer effectively, it is recommended to submit a new question in Microsoft Office Forum. The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding. Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I was trying to access any hyperlink in any email, and some saved hyperlinks on my desktop. I removed some 1000 references to google that were in the registry by hand (and not removed by uninstalling all Google Aps) and that was no help, I then applied the above fix and everything worked as it previously had.

Your thread makes little sense. In the Google Earth Setup there are options to disable the Google Toolbar, Chrome etc as we do not allow these add-ons either. Instead of the manual removal of the registry keys you could of gone to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and Google Chrome etc would be there and remove a considerable number of the Google Reg Keys. The opening of the HTML's from the desktop I have not seen before thoughLee Bowman MCITP MCTS

After many uneventful installs of Google Earth there were no, I repeat NO options given, and no indication that the tool bar or the browser were going to be installed !!!!!!

On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:42:46 +0000, Henry Sherwood wrote: Microsoft are you reading and fixing ? This isn't Microsoft you're addressing; this is a peer support forum. We are all just users of this version of Windows here, helping each other if and when we can. We are not Microsoft employees (not even those of us with "Microsoft MVP" behind our names; that's an honorary title for having provided consistently helpful advice) except for an occasional employee. If you want to complain to Microsoft about something, please contact them directly. Trying to do it here is just a waste of (figurative) breath. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

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Hi Henry, Thank you for your prompt response. If there is any other issue encountered, please let me know. It is my pleasure to be of assistance. Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hello Henry, The option is provided in the Downloads page itself and not in the program install, that is probably why you missed it. Look for two check boxes on the page where you agree to Download google Earth software. You should see two options to 1. Include Chrome and 2. Make it default browser. I did not find an option for the toolbar however, for me it did not install any additional toolbars anyway. If you are not satisfied with the way they bundle software or provide opt-out options, you should ideally take this up with the software vendor and provide them feedback. This forum deals with security/malware issues. Since we are not dealing with any malware, we are unable to help about the software. Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support