Unable to open IE but can see IE process running in task manager

From: rana (rkparsi_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: 7 Jan 2005 10:39:23 -0800

hi
I am using IE 6 sp 2 on win xp sp 2, It was good untill yesterday,
then suddenly I am unable to open IE, where as i can see the
iexplore.exe running in the task manager.
If i click IE icon again, one more iexplore.exe process has started
in tast manager but the browser is not opening.
These multiple processes of iexplore is consuming who of my CPU time.
And this is affecting other applications like mcafee, yahoo
messenger. same symptoms are found for those applications too.
CPU is getting consumed 99% without any application being opened.

And when i restarted the pc in diagnostic mode. IE was was working
good.

I am using Mcafee as my security system.

Hope some one got the solution for this problem and wish to get it
fixed soon.
thanks