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IE closes right after opening

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Felecha

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About 2 weeks ago my IE6 at work got into a state where it would launch, and after a few seconds looking for the home page, POOF the window was gone. I have it set to a company webpage, that's where I go to do a lot of work.

Sadly, my favorite browser Opera doesnt work quite right with that page, so going to that page is really the only thing I use IE for, and only at work.

I tried changing the home page to various things, no luck. I tried turning off popup blockers, lowering security settings etc (I have seen Opera shut itself down at sites that are trying to do popups)

IE 6 is what is the default on company laptops, but no one could think of a reason why I could not upgrade, so I downloaded IE 7 hoping it would fix itself. Nope, still the same

So what could kill the IE window?

Interestingly, it WILL open from an email link, so I sent myself an email with the homepage I want as an embedded link. That's the only way I know to get it to come up and stay up.

And once it is open, clicking the Home icon works fine.
 
1) try right-clicking your IE icon on your desktop and choosing Start Without Add-Ons. Does that work?

2) Look in your Event Viewer for any corresponding events that might shed light on it.

 
Start without AddOns does it.

So ..... what does that mean? I read the About Add Ons, and it stops ActiveX etc, but what is the implication? Why would IE be sensitive to that starting just 2 weeks ago? Same laptop my company issued over a year ago.

Would the COMPANY have changed something? I can try to ask IT but that is sometimes a black hole :-(

MechBgon - thanks again for the big help you gave me long ago when I had to replace my motherboard. Your name is easy to remember

🙂

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I know that Microsoft has finished correcting all the bugs. Now they should put some attention into the Mysteries
 
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