You might want to try reregistering the IE dlls. I've had to do that in the past when IE wouldn't open a new window. There's a list of them in this KB article under "Method 4: Register Internet Explorer DLLs"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326155 HTH Jeff On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! > > I am being ordered to have a functional copy of Microsoft Internet > Explorer on my XP-Pro (SP3) box... > > Brand new, IE6 would crash within seconds of launching. > > IE7 would run unless a link opened either a new window or a new tab (new > window or tab would be blank, and the previous window would freeze). > > I'm about to try IE8 Beta (downloaded this morning). However... > > It seemed my problems with IE might require removing and re-installing it. > I tried downloading a new IE7 installer, removing the "Internet Explorer" > from the Add/Remove Windows components, rebooting, and running the > installer. Installation would fail with "A more recent version of IE is > detected". > > I booted into SaveMode, logged in as another administrator, then deleted > \Program Files\Internet Explorer. Then I deleted the > \Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer keys from HKLM, HKU\[me], and > HKU\.Default. (I probably should not have done that...) > > After a re-boot, I get no big blue "e" icon. I try double-clicking > "iexplorer.exe" in the program folder, the hour glass shows for about 2 > seconds, and then disappears. > > There are no IE events logged in Apps, Sys, or in the IE event viewer. > > I am about to try copying the contents of another machine's IE program > folder onto my machine. However, as I don't really expect that to work, > any other ideas? > > Thanks! > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
