Internet Explorer problems.

[groucho]

I was surfing the net earlier and my browser died and I cannot get it back.
I'm running Win2000 with ie6. When I click on the iexplorer icon I get a dialog window that appears with the title IEXPLORE.EXE - application error.

Inside the window it says - The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application.

Luckily enough I had firefox on a CD that I could install onto my PC, otherwise I wouldn't be able to post this. I did install Netscape Navigator that I had hanging around as well, but that went belly up also.

Any ideas.

Cheers.

[aranell]

Does it log anything in your event viewer when it crashes?

Maybe try reinstalling the service pack?

www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1E1550CB-5E5D-48F5-B02B-20B602228DE6&displaylang=en

[zaktoo]

Just go to Firefox. Seriously. No more pop-ups, pop-unders and a generally much safer experience - no ActiveX controls for instance. Folks will argue that Firefox has had its fair share and more of security issues, and that I agree with, but there's quantity versus quality to be considered - the IE ones generally are more lethal than the Firefox ones. Plus there's the joys of tabbed browsing, which when used in moderation makes for a pleasant desktop experience.

HTH

Ciao

Zak

[lockstock2sb]

Firefox is nice, but i had grief with text and formatting on websites. If you want to stick to IE try removing IE, rebooting and reinstalling.

[groucho]

aranell said:

Does it log anything in your event viewer when it crashes? Maybe try reinstalling the service pack? www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1E1550CB-5E5D-48F5-B02B-20B602228DE6&displaylang=en

I tried installing this over the top but to no avail. The weird thing now is, I can't uninstall internet explorer as it seems to have disapperared from the Add/Remove Programs list within the Control Panel.

[aldi]

Yep IE's a bitch for that, you basically can't reinstall it. Bummer eh?