IE Crashes Whenever Its Launched
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Introduction
This troubleshooting section was created to archive problems I've personally encountered that weren't easily solved with a simple google search or MS Knowledgebase lookup. They're here in hopes to make someone elses life easier than when I first dealt with the issue.
Disclaimer
Obviously there is no way I can promise that the following steps will work for you. And if they don't, I won't provide any additional assistance. However if you find an error in my posting or can offer a little more detail, feel free to contact me via my online form and I will update the relevant article.
My Scenario
I had a Windows 98 computer come that was running very slow. It was infested with spyware. After all the clean up, Internet Explorer would not launch. It would crash with an Invalid page fault. I tried reinstalling IE6 and that did not help. I also ran an IEFix tool I came across on the MVP site.
The Fix
The fix was ultimately found in an MS Knowledgebase article that I finaly found while searching through numerous threads on Google Groups.
Using regedit, go to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Look for a key called:
Search Bar
It's probably blank. Delete key 'Search Bar'. Close regedit and launch Internet Explorer. Did it work? It did for me and I hope it does for you.
Did this help you?
Please send me a comment letting me know if this helped you at all. I've had folks actually want to donate a few bucks for helping, and I want make it known that this information is provided for free.
