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  • 05-01-2013 8:48pm
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    leemaree
    Registered Users Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭


    It keeps comping up everytime my computer starts.

    iexplorer.exe - Application Error

    The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). Click OK to close application.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It means as you probably have deducted yourself that Internet Explorer isn't working correctly.

    Can you start and work in IE?
    Do you have many add-ons?

    You can try a reset, will wipe all IE settings.
    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16365/reset-all-internet-explorer-8-settings-to-fix-stability-problems/

    What more can you tell us? IE version, OS version? Did you recently update Windows? Any new service packs?


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    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Time to install Google Chrome (and use that for browsing) and maybe run a virus scan.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Time to install Google Chrome (and use that for browsing) and maybe run a virus scan.

    Helpful responses answering the OP only please.

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    leemaree
    Registered Users Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭leemaree


    biko wrote: »
    It means as you probably have deducted yourself that Internet Explorer isn't working correctly.

    Can you start and work in IE?
    Do you have many add-ons?

    You can try a reset, will wipe all IE settings.
    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16365/reset-all-internet-explorer-8-settings-to-fix-stability-problems/

    What more can you tell us? IE version, OS version? Did you recently update Windows? Any new service packs?

    Yes I can start IE. Don't have that many add-ons. I have IE8, Windows 7, didn't recently update windows. no new service packs. Oh yeah I forgot to include I try resetting before and nothing. Still the message keeps coming up


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    FSL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Why do you have iexplorer starting at boot up? Take it out of your startup sequence and just start it when you want to use it.

    It could just be starting too early in the boot sequence.


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    leemaree
    Registered Users Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭leemaree


    FSL wrote: »
    Why do you have iexplorer starting at boot up? Take it out of your startup sequence and just start it when you want to use it.

    It could just be starting too early in the boot sequence.

    Sorry I shoud've explained more. It's not in my startup. It's just when my computer starts that message comes up. Never happened before


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    iexplore.exe is a part of windows operating system and could be starting up as part of windows depending on your configuration (it can be called by another process during startup).

    I'd say to run a couple virus scans just to be sure and see if you can figure out what software was installed at the time when it started happening.
    If you feel confident you can disable certain startup processes and see if that helps.


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    T-Bird
    Registered Users Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    biko wrote: »
    iexplore.exe is a part of windows operating system and could be starting up as part of windows depending on your configuration (it can be called by another process during startup).

    I'd say to run a couple virus scans just to be sure and see if you can figure out what software was installed at the time when it started happening.
    If you feel confident you can disable certain startup processes and see if that helps.
    try system restore


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,455 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    biko wrote: »
    iexplore.exe is a part of windows operating system and could be starting up as part of windows depending on your configuration (it can be called by another process during startup).

    Didn't the EU and US DOJ tell Microsoft to decouple their browser (IE) from the OS as a result of the antitrust investigation?

    The act of preloading some of their own s/w with no reference to the user is nothing new for Microsoft. Many years ago when there was a battle royal going on between MS Office and Lotus Smartsuite, it was discovered that at boot time, Windows was set to preload a sizeable chunk of the Office s/w so that when the user then clicked to start Word or Excel, it started much faster than someone with similar h/w running Lotus SmartSuite (1-2-3 & WordPro) because most of the s/w was already sitting in memory.

    Microsoft is probably now playing the same game in the battle of the browsers.

    OP, install IE9...

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie


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