Re: IE won't start

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:06:48 -0500

Mark,
Understanding and Troubleshooting Unrecoverable Errors (Faults) in IE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=276393

The IE Error Report generates a "appcompat.txt" file.
This can usually be found in:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Temp\

Paste the contents (if found) in your next message.
[or]
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/
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"Mark" <markcafe@aol.com> wrote in message
news:254d01c3fc75$3ca84620$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I get an error window when attempting to start IE.
> No specifics, just '...has encountered a problem'
>
> Maybe many ways to fix whatever is wrong, but
> DELL say speak to Microsoft and Microsoft say
> speak to DELL  !
>
> Any suggestions for either what to try, or who
> to contact would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks

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