Re: Help--IE 6 won't open

From: Don Varnau (don_04[at]varnau[dot]org)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:37:00 -0600

Hi,
Many things to try in this article:
276393 - Understanding and Troubleshooting Unrecoverable Errors (Faults) in
Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=276393

Try... From Control Panel> Internet Options> Advanced uncheck "Enable third
party
browser extensions." If that makes a difference, try BHODemon 1.0 from
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm to ID and disable BHOs.

Try disabling any other programs that might be interfering with IE such as
AV, security, firewall, Yahoo companion, popup blockers, etc

Hope this helps,
Don 

-- 
MVP IE/OE
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"Da5id" <genenospamgirard[at]msn.com> wrote in message
news:1052901c3f291$5b7bde10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Several weeks ago I noticed that all of the buttons,
> animations, and some images in my Yahoo DSL browser would
> not work.  Tech support at Yahoo said it was an Internet
> Explorer/script (Java, VBS, other?)  issue.  Now Internet
> Explorer will not open at all.  When I click on the icon
> on my desktop absolutely nothing happens -- no error
> messages, no hard drive thrashing, no nothing.  The
> engine itself is working inasmuch as I can utilize the
> MSN browser, the crippled form of the Yahoo browser, and
> Crazy Browser. I have tried the following:
>
> CHKDSK
>
> DEFRAG
>
> Virus check -- MicroTrend, Norton, AVG, and others
>
> Double checked Zone Alarm Pro, including attempting to
> start with firewall disabled
>
> Spyware and Adware scan with four different programs and
> removed all entries.
>
> Tried different combinations of "Set Program Access and
> Defaults"
>
> Successfully  uninstalled and reinstalled Internet
> Explorer version 6 -- (in other words I uninstalled
> Internet Explorer from Ad/Remove Programs, downloaded the
> set up and install files for a full Internet Explorer
> version 6 install, performed the install with no error
> messages (although the download was very short because
> the install program recognized that I needed few, if any
> files) and got a brand-new different and shiny Internet
> Explorer icon on my desktop.  That's the one that does
> nothing.  Also whenever a program tries to open
> the "default browser" nothing happens.
>
> Related Issue: Some Advertisements and Buttons in Web
> Pages are missing across browser platforms, i.e.,
> Netscape and Opera.
>
> System:
> Windows XP operating system
> HP Intel P-4  1.6 MHz
> 1 GIG DDR memory
> 1.5 Mb ADSL SBC Yahoo Internet connection
>
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
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