Internet Explorer Problems

frasers09

Recently i have had a problem with my internet explorer, everytime i click on the icon, a message box appears saying "windows have experienced a problem...... and has to button to "send error report" or "dont send""

no matter what button i click the internet explorer doesnt open.

is the anyway of completely removing internet explorer and re-installing it or any other method of fixing this problem

Regards

kryyst

You can't completely remove internet explorer. You can re-install it. Get another browser and just go to the MS site and download IE.

frasers09

Sorry for being a bit dim, but how will i get another browser if i cant get on internet explorer to get one?

Snarkasm

Have a friend download a Firefox/Opera/Safari installer for you and put it on a flash drive?

jemswhite

frasers09 wrote:

Recently i have had a problem with my internet explorer, everytime i click on the icon, a message box appears saying "windows have experienced a problem...... and has to button to "send error report" or "dont send""

no matter what button i click the internet explorer doesnt open.

is the anyway of completely removing internet explorer and re-installing it or any other method of fixing this problem

Regards

(1) I think you should go to the Internet Explorer Properties and click on the restore defaults.
If after trying (1) does not work then try
(2) I think that you should remove the Internet Explorer from the control panel and try to reinstall again the application. This will work fine.

Dellwhiz

jemswhite wrote:

(1) I think you should go to the Internet Explorer Properties and click on the restore defaults.
If after trying (1) does not work then try
(2) I think that you should remove the Internet Explorer from the control panel and try to reinstall again the application. This will work fine.

Yes...you can first try and reset IE by restoring defaults....otherwise you can also check what version of the IE you have...if you've updated to version 8, uninstall it from your add/remove programs, your IE will revert to version 7...

ALSO IE 8 does not work too well if you have certain kinds of Anti-virus programs on your computer like Mc Afee for example...it gives you intermittent problems....so stay with version 7 (IE)

if you are unable to uninstall version 8 from the installed updates...follow the following alternative steps...

Alternative steps for Windows Vista or for Windows Server 2008

******** type=text/javascript> loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); </SCRIPT>To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, follow these steps:

1. Carefully select and then copy the following command: FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-8*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart"
2. Click Start, and then type Cmd.exe in the Start Search box.
3. In the list of programs, right-click Cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator.
   
   Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
4. Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt window, and then click Paste to paste the command that you copied in step 1.
5. Press ENTER to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
6. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.

Alternative steps for Windows XP or for Windows Server 2003

******** type=text/javascript> loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); </SCRIPT>To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, follow these steps:

1. Carefully select and then copy the following command: %windir%\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type Cmd.exe, and then press ENTER.
4. Right-click inside the Cmd.exe window, and then click Paste to paste the command that you copied in step 1.
5. Press ENTER to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
6. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.