Internet Explorer 8 comes with private mode which doesn’t stores any cookies,files and history in Internet Explorer 8. By default Internet Explorer 8 opens in normal mode.

If you like to set private mode as default mode, while opening Internet Explorer 8. You can achieve it by creating a new shortcut in your desktop for Internet Explorer 8.

Steps

1. Right click on your desktop and select create new shortcut

2. You will be getting a dialogue box to select particular application.

3. Select Internet Explorer 8 path, mostly IE8 path will be in “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”

4. Add -private keyword at the end of path with a space

eg: “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -private

5. Click next and give a name to your new shortcut (eg: In Private IE8)

6. The shortcut created for IE8 will be opening in private mode by default.

(Note : This can be acheived in your start up menu by adding -private in the end of path)