Hidden Secret Browser on Windows

Published at January 1, 2008 Filed Under Technology

I stumbled over a page today that shows a hidden secret browser on windows, i am not sure whether this one is a real hidden browser or it is just an instance of IE. But anyway this works well, you can browse through sites using this browser.

To open this browser you need to open calculator (other programs might also work) and then click help, then click help topics.

calculator

Once you are in help topics click question mark button on the top bar and click Jump to URL. Here you enter the URL of the site you want to go, the site will open in the content area.

html help
I guess this is just an instance of IE, because i could open flash videos also, if it is a separate browser it will ask for the Flash player plugin. This is just my guess, any how it is an interesting find.

windows secret browser

Source: BareChoons

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3 Responses to “Hidden Secret Browser on Windows”

Dj Flush
January 1st, 2008 7:59 pm

Pardon me to oppose you but this is not a hidden secret Browser in Windows

Its the Windows Explorer which lets you access Internet when you are connected to it

Even if you were not using Windows Calculator and were using some other Windows program, you still would have been able to browse the Internet through its Help file

Just like open My Computer and type http://www.sizlopedia.com in the address bar and see the magic
Ram
January 2nd, 2008 2:56 am

@DJ
Thanks for the info, i doubted something like this.
Nirmal
January 3rd, 2008 5:48 am

Good find Ram, but as DJ said, its not hidden.