Why doesn't the IE11 Developer Tools work?

internet-explorer internet-explorer-11 ie-developer-tools

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Solution 1

I had the latest IE update installed and it didn't work for me, had to install Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 (KB3008923)

Solution 2

I actually had this problem this morning. In case anyone else found this occurring to them, I just had to update my IE 11 through Windows Update and it was all there when I restarted IE.

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Updated on July 14, 2022

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Admin almost 2 years

I can press f12 or right click and select inspect element but when the toolbar opens it is just a blank white screen. I am able to view source on the broken f12 tools and this is what i see:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=11" />
        <title>F12 Tools</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="header.css" data-plugin-theme="true"/>

        <!-- Daytona Includes -->
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../common/plugin.js"></script>

        <script type="text/javascript" src="../Common/CommonMinimal.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="HeaderMerged.js"></script>

        <script type="text/javascript">
            // The main entry point
            F12.Host.Header.App.main();
        </script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <div id="f12Logo"></div>
        <nav id="tabContainer">
            <div id="prevTabButton" class="tabNavButton tabNavButtonDisabled"></div>
            <div id="tabListContainer">
                <ul id="tabList">
                </ul>
            </div>
            <div id="nextTabButton" class="tabNavButton tabNavButtonDisabled"></div>
        </nav>
    </body>
</html>

In the head of this script i see it calling on a few javascript files and i cannot locate any matching files on my system.

I have win7 Home. Any help please. Am i even in the right ballpark to assume i don't have the necessary filesystem?

If it helps in my several attempts to fix the problem i have gotten a light blue color background with what looks like an inset box shadow around it. this goes away after a few seconds and back to the white blank screen.

Also I heard that there may be some registry fix so I'm going to dig in there. I didn't really find anything in there.