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Internet Explorer won't open!
Name: will Date: February 24, 2003 at 12:27:45 Pacific OS: Win ME CPU/Ram: Pentium
Comment:
I am using Win ME. When I click on Internet Explorer it will not open. The hour glass appears for a moment and then disappears. However, if I click on My Computer when hour glass is up Internet Explorer will open and everything is fine. I installed Ad Aware 6 a few weeks ago to remove spyware. My problem has been happening since. So, maybe this has something to do with it. I might have deleted something that triggered my problem when on Ad Aware. Maybe something is wrong with the driver?
Name: randyl Date: February 24, 2003 at 12:55:30 Pacific
Reply:
You might try gong to Add/Remove programs and reinstall or repair Internet Explorer.
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Response Number 2
Name: TheKid Date: February 24, 2003 at 14:15:40 Pacific
Reply:
The above suggestion may very well work.
If not, I would do a virus,trojan,and spyware scan(SpyBot & Adaware)as well.Keep in mind,you may have deleted a spyware component that will not let the software it was bundled with work properly.There are a few nasty spywares out there that will leave remnants even after a "supposed" removal.Do you remember exactly what it was you deleted with Adaware? What kind of questionable programs do you have installed,if any?
A Disk Cleanup,sacandisk and defrag may not hurt either.
System Restore...
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Response Number 3
Name: Murray River Date: February 24, 2003 at 20:02:11 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I would disable TSRS in Safe mode (F8 Boot).
Click Start|Run type in Msconfig|click ok|click the startup tab| untick adware and anything that may look related.| Click ok and reboot.
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Response Number 4
Name: jim1 Date: February 26, 2003 at 13:59:59 Pacific
Summary: My computer got infected with Adware.envolo which norton couldn't fix. Now windows explorer and internet explorer won't run. I get this error message: SHLWAPI.DLL. I can't open My Computer, Recycle Bi...
Summary: I've be having a problem lately, whenever I try to open my Internet Explorer, I double-click it, and I see my cursor change from the normal "arrow" to the "arrow with the glass", but nothing happens. ...
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