IE 6 will not open

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Jerry - 17 Sep 2004 15:06 GMT

When i click on the IE icon, i get the hour glass for a sec but it goes away
and the browser does not open, i've uninstalled it and reinstalled it but
stll the same thing. Any ideas.

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Andrea - 25 Sep 2004 03:24 GMT

> When i click on the IE icon, i get the hour glass for a sec but it goes
> away
> and the browser does not open, i've uninstalled it and reinstalled it but
> stll the same thing. Any ideas.

I've just spent days trying to correct this. See if IE will work in Safe
Mode. If so, then the problem probably isn't with IE itself. If that's true,
try searching seriously for malware. My usual Spybot, Ad Aware, and
CWShredder weren't enough. And NAV2004 missed a couple of viruses too, but
that may be because it was disabled while I was downloading some files. I
thought the sites were safe, but . . .

For a virus scan:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

For spyware:
Spysweeper at http://www.webroot.com
AdwareAway at http://www.adwareaway.com

And finally, check to see if another program you're running is causing the
problem by disabling them one and then trying to open IE. I had a problem
with a popup blocker that I'd used for years with Win98, but it crippled IE
with WinXP.

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IE 6 will not open