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I need to add a RSS feed manually to IE8 (i.e. not using the orange button). I just want to be able to input the URL.

Edit: While my specific problem has gone away, this question still needs an answer (though I suspect it isn't possible).

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wow crazy... I've looked around, but I don't think that's possible. I don't use IE, so I didn't know this, but now I know again why I don't use it ;-) – fretje Sep 23 '09 at 15:44
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I would be interested in why you want to do this -

That being said, if you are talking about from a developer point of view, you may be better off asking on StackOverflow, however if you are just talking about one offs, then simply type the full XML/RSS feed address into the address bar - such as - "http://superuser.com/feeds"

You should then have the subscribe buttons.

The actual location is

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds

However, I am not sure how it is encoded or how you can manually add to them.

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I want to do it because IE8 won't recognize the StackOverflow Blog RSS feed, so it doesn't give me a subscribe button. I want to manually enter the URL to see if that works. – Lance Roberts Sep 23 '09 at 15:56
I took a look at the Feeds directory, but it's all encoded stuff. I could use a hex editor and figure it all out, but it's probably not worth that much time. – Lance Roberts Sep 23 '09 at 16:02
stackoverflow.com/feeds Seems to work fine for me - Try clearing your cache and the usual stuff. IF this is a specific bug, maybe post on meta.stackoverflow.com – William Hilsum Sep 23 '09 at 16:12
I see the IE8 feed button at blog.stackoverflow.com and pasting blog.stackoverflow.com/feed into the address bar works too (IE8 on XP) – pelms Sep 23 '09 at 16:31
@Wil, I don't have a problem with other sites (including Coding Horror), just the SO blog site. @pelms, Yes, I misspoke in the first comment. I get the orange button, but when I press it I get the following error page, 'Internet Explorer cannot display this feed'. – Lance Roberts Sep 23 '09 at 16:42
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