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Internet Explorer 8 fails to open
I run IE8 and XP. I do most browsing in Firefox but for Windows
Updates and a few other things I must use IE. Today IE8 refuses to initialize unless I right-click choose Start Without Addons. At one point I would get a message about some Reminder failing with what looked like a memory address. The error seemed to change when I disabled WeCare addon, or at least the second part of it (the first part had 'Disable' greyed out. I Removed WeCare in XP's Add/Remove Programs - no help with problem. IE8 starts to open, then immediately closes without error message - unless I choose to open without add-ons. There are a BUNCH of add-ons and pretty laborious to Disable one at a time. Also I suspect that it might require a re-boot to fully settle the change into the system to test my change. Any suggestions? |
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Internet Explorer 8 fails to open
On 02/05/2014 08:08 AM, John B. Smith wrote:
I run IE8 and XP. I do most browsing in Firefox but for Windows Updates and a few other things I must use IE. Today IE8 refuses to initialize unless I right-click choose Start Without Addons. At one point I would get a message about some Reminder failing with what looked like a memory address. The error seemed to change when I disabled WeCare addon, or at least the second part of it (the first part had 'Disable' greyed out. I Removed WeCare in XP's Add/Remove Programs - no help with problem. IE8 starts to open, then immediately closes without error message - unless I choose to open without add-ons. There are a BUNCH of add-ons and pretty laborious to Disable one at a time. Also I suspect that it might require a re-boot to fully settle the change into the system to test my change. Any suggestions? Disable all add-ons. If there are any you think you really need, just add them one at a time. That's any easy way to narrow things down and chances are you need few if any of the add-ons. |
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Internet Explorer 8 fails to open
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:26:01 -0600, philo* wrote:
Disable all add-ons. If there are any you think you really need, just add them one at a time. That's any easy way to narrow things down and chances are you need few if any of the add-ons. I have disabled all addons that IE8 is capable of Disabling. Rebooted, same problem - will not start unless Start Without Addons. Searching (with Firefox) just now I note there is an IE9 available that works in XP. Maybe I should just deinstall IE8 and install an IE9? |
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Internet Explorer 8 fails to open
On 02/05/2014 09:37 AM, John B. Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:26:01 -0600, philo wrote: Disable all add-ons. If there are any you think you really need, just add them one at a time. That's any easy way to narrow things down and chances are you need few if any of the add-ons. I have disabled all addons that IE8 is capable of Disabling. Rebooted, same problem - will not start unless Start Without Addons. Searching (with Firefox) just now I note there is an IE9 available that works in XP. Maybe I should just deinstall IE8 and install an IE9? IE8 is the highest version that will work with XP. When you said that you have disabled all add-ons that can be disabled, that implies there are some still there. Have you investigated things like this: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...et-explor.html |
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Internet Explorer 8 fails to open
Thank you. I did finally find the problem. 'automatic tab search' or
some such name, that was deletable in Add/Remove Programs. That web site you posted looks very helpful though. On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:48:10 -0600, philo* wrote: On 02/05/2014 09:37 AM, John B. Smith wrote: On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:26:01 -0600, philo wrote: Disable all add-ons. If there are any you think you really need, just add them one at a time. That's any easy way to narrow things down and chances are you need few if any of the add-ons. I have disabled all addons that IE8 is capable of Disabling. Rebooted, same problem - will not start unless Start Without Addons. Searching (with Firefox) just now I note there is an IE9 available that works in XP. Maybe I should just deinstall IE8 and install an IE9? IE8 is the highest version that will work with XP. When you said that you have disabled all add-ons that can be disabled, that implies there are some still there. Have you investigated things like this: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...et-explor.html |
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Internet Explorer 8 fails to open
On 02/06/2014 05:04 AM, John B. Smith wrote:
Thank you. I did finally find the problem. 'automatic tab search' or some such name, that was deletable in Add/Remove Programs. That web site you posted looks very helpful though. Glad you got that all sorted out. Add ons can be a PITA. I use Firefox and some of the unwanted add-ons can only be deleted manually. I think all browsers should make it very easy to completely remove any unwanted additions. On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:48:10 -0600, philo wrote: On 02/05/2014 09:37 AM, John B. Smith wrote: On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:26:01 -0600, philo wrote: Disable all add-ons. If there are any you think you really need, just add them one at a time. That's any easy way to narrow things down and chances are you need few if any of the add-ons. I have disabled all addons that IE8 is capable of Disabling. Rebooted, same problem - will not start unless Start Without Addons. Searching (with Firefox) just now I note there is an IE9 available that works in XP. Maybe I should just deinstall IE8 and install an IE9? IE8 is the highest version that will work with XP. When you said that you have disabled all add-ons that can be disabled, that implies there are some still there. Have you investigated things like this: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...et-explor.html |
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