IE Explorer locks up 2

[kiplook]

Throughout the day I may have multiple IE Explorer windows open and shut down. Periodically when I try to open IE Explorer it won't open - even if I have no other IE Explorer windows open at the time.

I've discovered that if I go into Windows Task Manager there will be multiple versions of iexplore.exe running in the Processes Tab even though there's nothing in the Applications Tab. If I start ending the iexplore.exe processes eventually I'll hit the one that's holding up the show and everything will work fine.

Why is iexplore.exe holding on and what can I do to fix it?

 

[smah]

My first guess would be a problem with an add-in. If you're using Internet Explorer 7, try running in no add-ons mode to see if you still have the problem.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

 

[kiplook]

What if I'm running IE 6.0. And thank you for your response.

 

[archwayguy]

Disable all add-ons in IE. Clear all caches and delete everything in C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files. Does it work now? Enable add-ons one at a time until you find a culprit.

Still no good? Try downloading the stand-alone version of IE6 and seeing if you have the same problem using only it.

http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone

If the standalone has no problems, you may need to double-check your windows updates to IE and see if any are missing or if any are removed. Try viewing the event log and see what errors are being generated by IE, if any. Reference them with

http://www.eventid.net.

You could also goto Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and select the Windows Components. Try removing the MSN Explorer selection and then try using IE.

Or you could just upgrade to IE7 or IE8BRC2 and see what happens. Once you go there though, there is no roll back.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If all else fails, try running a comprehensive anti-virus check (Avast is a good free program for Windows), and also a spyware check.

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[archwayguy]

Any news?

 

[Tedbaxter]

I did a shotgun approach and tried several things at once and haven't had any problems since. unfortunately I'm not sure which thing fixed my problem.

Thank You All!

 

[archwayguy]

Well, as long as it's working, right?