Windows – How to disable spell checking in IE 11 (Win 8.1)

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My issue is similar to the one mentioned here: Disable spell checking in IE 10/11 (on Windows 7, 8, 8.1)

I am using Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

What I've tried already:

Deactivating the spelling options:

From the following, borrowed screenshot from the old Windows 8 (my interface is German, therefore I couldn't create one myself), I have turned both options off and restarted IE. It's still "correcting" my texts.

PC Settings

Searching for 'spelling correction' addons:

The indicated option in the following borrowed screensnot does not exist on my PC.
IE Addons

Is there any way of disabling it? I prefer a canonical solution if one is available. If not, I am also interested in registry hacks or other solutions.

Best Answer

So this issue is a permissions issue. When running IE in EPM mode, regkeys are being blocked at location HKCU\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7 due to ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES not being added to permissions. So a way to fix this (please respond if this does not work), is to go to

  1. Win key

  2. type "regedit" and click on the regedit application

  3. Navigation to HKey_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7

  4. Right click on the 1.7 directory

  5. Select "Permissions..."

  6. Click Add

  7. Click Advanced

  8. For Locations choose your computer

  9. Click Find Now

  10. Select ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES and click OK

A fix will be coming down, but in the meantime, this is correct fix

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