Internet Explorer closes itself when a new window opens...

DarkHokie · #1 02-22-2005, 10:38 AM

When anything happens that will open a new internet explorer window (pop-up, user wants multiple windows, etc.), the current window will close before the new window pops up.

I have run McAfee virus scan and no known viruses or spyware are present on my machine.

Many great computer minds have told me that they have never seen this before. Please help me.

daemonOS · #2 02-22-2005, 02:44 PM

You might be at risk but only for a short time. Press Start-->Run--> type

Code:

msconfig

and press "ok". Go to the "Start up" tab and disable all. Reboot and try IE again. If it does not do it then it is a software you have installed ****n' IE up. If it does it again repair IE. Either way repeat the above and enable all unless it is a software that is ****'n it up. You will need to try one-by-one. Hope this helps.

DarkHokie · #3 02-22-2005, 07:21 PM

daemonOS:

thanks for quick response. I followed your instructions and it looks like it is not caused by software. How do I repair Internet Explorer?

Casper · #4 02-22-2005, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkHokie

daemonOS:

thanks for quick response. I followed your instructions and it looks like it is not caused by software. How do I repair Internet Explorer?

Only way to repair is to reinstall i think unless there is another way?

DarkHokie · #5 02-24-2005, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Casper

Only way to repair is to reinstall i think unless there is another way?

after reading alot of help sites, it seems I'm better off without IE anyway, so I uninstalled it and put firefox in its place. now everything is working fine. thanks for all of you help and advice.

adtqt · #6 02-03-2006, 02:03 PM

Hey,
I had been so aggravated with this same problem... I did install Firefox (as you did) until I could figure out how to fix this.

I read somewhere that this problem could be caused by toolbars I'd installed (such as yahoo toolbar or aol toolbar). Well I tried uninstalling them but that didn't work... apparently there was still some "leftovers" of these toolbars even after the uninstall. So then I was on a search to find out how to completely remove the toolbars effectively.

I came across a site ( http://www.mrtech.com/cgi-local/msgb...=11&t=164;st=0) that had a tool for completely removing the toolbars:
http://www.mrtech.com/aolcleaner.exe
I did it and now I can have muliple IE windows open again!

So if you're still having that problem, you might want to try that.
Good luck!

nudexp · #7 02-03-2006, 04:53 PM

Adtqt welcome to the forum but I think you should of started a new thread instead of adding on here , This thread is like a year old , check the dates before posting , Its mostly likely that maybe these people here in this thread are no longer around ...

adtqt · #8 02-24-2006, 07:45 AM

Thanks for the advice- I did note the dates. I thought it could be helpful info for someone else with the same problem searching the web for a solution.