Run time errors (IE6.0)

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I keep getting run time errors when I open web pages.
What’s my problem and how do I clean it up?
Eli

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Eli,

Runtime errors can come from many sources, like corrupt files, illegal prog operations, divide by zero, etc, etc.

What other information is contained in the error messages stating runtime error in xxxx. Need more detailed info than just runtime error.
Try to give us exactly what is contained in the message block. Have you just added something new to your system?

Bob

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Next one that I get I’ll post.
Thank you for replying.
Eli

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Tools | Internet Options | Advanced | .. remove the check from the “Display notification a notification about every script error.”

Life will be much simpler.

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Hi,
It wasn’t checked.
Eli

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Hi,
It wasn’t checked.
Eli

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Next one that I get I’ll post.
Thank you for replying.
Eli

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Bob,
The latest Runtime error said: “Line 36 Error: Object Required”
Eli

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Eli,

Still not very clear but line 36 usually means a “read” error, somewhere. Perhaps one of our resident script experts can jump in and add more information.
Meanwhile see if any other error messages come up with other details.

Bob

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Bob,
I’ll be in touch.
Thank you for your replies,
Eli

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Bob,
I’ll be in touch.
Thank you for your replies,
Eli

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Now it’s line 56

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Eli–

I was in a hurry and misread when I posted. What Hans and R2 are telling you is to simply disable this. Go to Tools>Options>Advanced and you want to hit two boxes. The fourth and fifth boxes under browsing. Put a checkmark in “disable script debugging.” Take the checkmark out of the next one ” display a notification about every error.

You still have a checkmark in the second one–that’s why you’re getting these errors. They are information for the developer or creator of the web page to change his information. You can’t do anything about them–so take the checkmark out of the second one and this will stop.

SMBP

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Hi – I also have this persistent problem. I have tried the solutions so far suggested without success. However, the alert has changed now to this message: “Syntax Error. An error has occurred in the script on this page. Do you wish to continue running …?” Any further suggestions would be welcome. Thanks. Richard

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There are two different types of script errors that can pop up: (1) “Do you want to debug?” and (2) Script error notifications. The two settings are right next to each other on the Advanced tab, but they have the opposite wording. Here’s a picture from IE5.5 that shows what I mean.

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There are two different types of script errors that can pop up: (1) “Do you want to debug?” and (2) Script error notifications. The two settings are right next to each other on the Advanced tab, but they have the opposite wording. Here’s a picture from IE5.5 that shows what I mean.

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On second read, I think it’s possible that there is a third kind of error message that you can’t control, but since I leave notifications on, I wouldn’t know for sure. Is there a particular page you can give a link to that causes this error for you?

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Jefferson, I have never seen a third error message — can you give an example? I revert back to my request above — the user should post an image!!

I firmly believe one cannot get the “De######” RunTime Error box unless they have the De###### installed. Since the De###### is not installed by default, most people know if they installed it or not. The other script error box is controlled as I said in my first post — and as others have duplicated above.

Any other error box should not normally be displayed while surfing the Internet — or at least I have never heard of that happening — except in instances where IE is corrupt. An image of the error box would be most helpful…

Hearing the the check boxes seem to be checking and unchecking themselves without user intervention implies something is amiss with IE…. or something is interfering — like a “security” software (firewall, pop-up stopper, script blocker, etc.)

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Well, I think I have on rare occasions seen an error that asks if I want to continue running scripts. This is different than the multi-line script error dialog above, and it also is different than the debug dialog. It’s rare enough in my experience that I don’t know how to re-create it, which is why I asked for a link to the page that causes the problem.

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Well, I think I have on rare occasions seen an error that asks if I want to continue running scripts. This is different than the multi-line script error dialog above, and it also is different than the debug dialog. It’s rare enough in my experience that I don’t know how to re-create it, which is why I asked for a link to the page that causes the problem.

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Thanks for the helpful replies. To recap: I have CHECKED “disable script debugging” and UNCHECKED “display a notification about every script error” but still get an error message. I would post an exact picture of the error message but don’t know how to capture it in the first place – advice please. However, the message does not say anything more than my previous post: “Syntax Error. An error has occurred in the script on this page. Do you wish to continue running scripts on this page…?” or close to this anyway. It happens frequently when surfing the internet – each time I go to a new site. It happens EVERY time I go to http://www.weather.com. BTW – one of Woody’s newsletters said that if you install Googles bar it gets rid of these alerts but not in this case.

The search continues

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Hi Richard:
To post the error message, you can do two things:
1. The mouse should let you select the text of the error message by holding down the left mouse button & dragging it across the message. Then press Ctrl+C to copy it. – OR –

When the error message comes up, press Alt+PrintScreen to capture the picture. Then open Paint or Irfanview or some graphic program & paste it (Ctrl+V). Then save it as a .png or .gif file. Then when you post a message here, use the attachment box shown below to locate the file.

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Hi Richard:
To post the error message, you can do two things:
1. The mouse should let you select the text of the error message by holding down the left mouse button & dragging it across the message. Then press Ctrl+C to copy it. – OR –

When the error message comes up, press Alt+PrintScreen to capture the picture. Then open Paint or Irfanview or some graphic program & paste it (Ctrl+V). Then save it as a .png or .gif file. Then when you post a message here, use the attachment box shown below to locate the file.

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OK, let’s look at http://www.weather.com. I can load the page without receiving any warning whatsoever. There is one annoying pop-up ad that appears as I load the page the first time.

var popup;
var dateNow=new Date();
var haton=0;
function initialize_ad_array(adS)

So, my first question is… are you using any pop-up blocking software or other security programs that curtail web page scripting?

Next, there is a lot of scripting to place and retrieve advertising cookies. So, my next question is… are you using any cookie blocking software?

I have Refreshed and Reloaded that page numerous times and I never get a Script error message. This is fully patched copy of IE6.

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OK, let’s look at http://www.weather.com. I can load the page without receiving any warning whatsoever. There is one annoying pop-up ad that appears as I load the page the first time.

var popup;
var dateNow=new Date();
var haton=0;
function initialize_ad_array(adS)

So, my first question is… are you using any pop-up blocking software or other security programs that curtail web page scripting?

Next, there is a lot of scripting to place and retrieve advertising cookies. So, my next question is… are you using any cookie blocking software?

I have Refreshed and Reloaded that page numerous times and I never get a Script error message. This is fully patched copy of IE6.

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Sure – I use AdAware and something called Burnt Cookies to deal with those. There maybe something else around – you know how it is … you install a little utility and then forget it is there!! Perhaps it might be a good idea to exit/disable these and see if it makes any difference?

BTW – some folks asked to see the exact error message. Here it is (hopefully). Thanks to those who gave advice on screen captures

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Well, that is Jeff’s “third” error box. Despite the similarity, It is not the same as the one that is depicted above.

Hmmm…. now what could be triggering that?

I am still leaning toward some third-party product interference…

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Well, that is Jeff’s “third” error box. Despite the similarity, It is not the same as the one that is depicted above.

Hmmm…. now what could be triggering that?

I am still leaning toward some third-party product interference…

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Well, every time I refresh that page, something different happens. Sometimes I get a script error (the other style of dialog), sometimes I get one and sometimes I get two ActiveX control prompts (I said no every time), sometimes I get a pop-under; sometimes it seems to just get stuck. Considering how dynamic it is, I’m not sure we’ll get to the bottom of what might be causing that particular error.

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Yes, well that is the joy of sites like that. One time you get this ad, the next time you get a different one. This is to make your Internet Experience more, eh, enriched.

The type of box that is shown above is atypical — but you are 100% correct. It is a third type of box and I don’t recall what triggers it. I now acquiesce that I have seen it before, but it is so rare that I just don’t emember the source. Sorry.

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Yes, well that is the joy of sites like that. One time you get this ad, the next time you get a different one. This is to make your Internet Experience more, eh, enriched.

The type of box that is shown above is atypical — but you are 100% correct. It is a third type of box and I don’t recall what triggers it. I now acquiesce that I have seen it before, but it is so rare that I just don’t emember the source. Sorry.

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OK all – I have tracked down the culprit by doing a clean boot and then systematically adding third party stuff. The trouble is with “Burnt Cookies” – a $5 shareware program that does a good job of blocking cookies. It is very configurable as it offers you the option to “burn” each specific cookie or allow it. it then tracks them etc etc. However, on some sites – e.g. weather.com and yahoo.com it produces the script error alerts that we have been discussing. Not sure what to do about it as the authors Andersson Digital Design don’t offer an email address to communicate with the author. Mind you, for $5 you can’t expcet too much customer support!
Anyone got any other ideas about a cheap and cheerful cookie manager that is more flexible than IE 6.0??

Thanks to all those who helped me through this problem.

Regards

Richard

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Well, I actually like the IE6 Cookie Management using the “Imported” XML files — but it is really not designed in a manner that most people can use. I could write a book on all the complexities and subtleties of using it — and I keep thinking that some day I will actually make a program that simplies it’s use — but some day never comes…

The simplest method of controlling cookies in IE6 is to go to Tools | Internet Options | Privacy | Advanced and set First Party Cookies to Accept (or Prompt) and Third Party Cookies to Block. This is all the Privacy protection MOST users really need.

Whatever you do, do NOTuser the “Privacy Slider” that MS wants you to use! That is useless.

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Well, I actually like the IE6 Cookie Management using the “Imported” XML files — but it is really not designed in a manner that most people can use. I could write a book on all the complexities and subtleties of using it — and I keep thinking that some day I will actually make a program that simplies it’s use — but some day never comes…

The simplest method of controlling cookies in IE6 is to go to Tools | Internet Options | Privacy | Advanced and set First Party Cookies to Accept (or Prompt) and Third Party Cookies to Block. This is all the Privacy protection MOST users really need.

Whatever you do, do NOTuser the “Privacy Slider” that MS wants you to use! That is useless.

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OK all – I have tracked down the culprit by doing a clean boot and then systematically adding third party stuff. The trouble is with “Burnt Cookies” – a $5 shareware program that does a good job of blocking cookies. It is very configurable as it offers you the option to “burn” each specific cookie or allow it. it then tracks them etc etc. However, on some sites – e.g. weather.com and yahoo.com it produces the script error alerts that we have been discussing. Not sure what to do about it as the authors Andersson Digital Design don’t offer an email address to communicate with the author. Mind you, for $5 you can’t expcet too much customer support!
Anyone got any other ideas about a cheap and cheerful cookie manager that is more flexible than IE 6.0??

Thanks to all those who helped me through this problem.

Regards

Richard

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Well, every time I refresh that page, something different happens. Sometimes I get a script error (the other style of dialog), sometimes I get one and sometimes I get two ActiveX control prompts (I said no every time), sometimes I get a pop-under; sometimes it seems to just get stuck. Considering how dynamic it is, I’m not sure we’ll get to the bottom of what might be causing that particular error.

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Sure – I use AdAware and something called Burnt Cookies to deal with those. There maybe something else around – you know how it is … you install a little utility and then forget it is there!! Perhaps it might be a good idea to exit/disable these and see if it makes any difference?

BTW – some folks asked to see the exact error message. Here it is (hopefully). Thanks to those who gave advice on screen captures

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I also don’t get the error. Does this site carry third-party advertising? I have added a lot of standard ad sites into my “restricted sites” list, which prevents them from running scripts when their ads appear on sites I visit. It’s possible that the error is coming from one of these third party sites. Makes it a bit harder to track it down.

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There are several ads on the page — including the pop-up. I also have a fairly restricted computer (IE-SpyAds, etc.) — so I may not be the best person to test the site either!

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I guess that most regular Loungers have installed anti-spyware software, popup stoppers etc. We sure have had enough threads about the subject!

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I guess that most regular Loungers have installed anti-spyware software, popup stoppers etc. We sure have had enough threads about the subject!

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There are several ads on the page — including the pop-up. I also have a fairly restricted computer (IE-SpyAds, etc.) — so I may not be the best person to test the site either!

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I also don’t get the error. Does this site carry third-party advertising? I have added a lot of standard ad sites into my “restricted sites” list, which prevents them from running scripts when their ads appear on sites I visit. It’s possible that the error is coming from one of these third party sites. Makes it a bit harder to track it down.

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Opening the http://www.weather.com site gave me the attached message. Perhaps the root of your error message is that you have this “known threat” blocked.

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Regarding your pic of the Spybot S&D window, “Blocking” (clicking “Yes”), shouldn’t cause any problems downloading the rest of that particular web page. It may, however, have to be done more than once for a given page or for more than one page on a site.

At least, that’s my experience.

Have a Great day!!!
Ken

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Regarding your pic of the Spybot S&D window, “Blocking” (clicking “Yes”), shouldn’t cause any problems downloading the rest of that particular web page. It may, however, have to be done more than once for a given page or for more than one page on a site.

At least, that’s my experience.

Have a Great day!!!
Ken

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Unfortunately I get this sort of error at quite a few sites, not just weather.com. The most easily reproduced (for me) is yahoo.com and my.yahoo.com which we use for web mail. What I plan to do is disable or uninstall all third party blocking and warning progs – e.g. AdAware and see what that does. Thanks everyone’s help so far.

Regards

Richard

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As a side note — AdAware does not provide “real time” blocking of anything — eh, or at least the free (cheapo) version does not…

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Yes I figured that. However, I run it every couple of days and it tells me what should not be there! The freeware version seems to be pretty good. I am trying to decide if it is worth $26.95 to buy the real time AdAware Plus version. Any thoughts?

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Yes I figured that. However, I run it every couple of days and it tells me what should not be there! The freeware version seems to be pretty good. I am trying to decide if it is worth $26.95 to buy the real time AdAware Plus version. Any thoughts?

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As a side note — AdAware does not provide “real time” blocking of anything — eh, or at least the free (cheapo) version does not…

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Unfortunately I get this sort of error at quite a few sites, not just weather.com. The most easily reproduced (for me) is yahoo.com and my.yahoo.com which we use for web mail. What I plan to do is disable or uninstall all third party blocking and warning progs – e.g. AdAware and see what that does. Thanks everyone’s help so far.

Regards

Richard

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Hmmm. Why doesn’t my Spybot S&D give me that message? All I see is a message in the status bar about connecting to “ad.doubleclick.com”. But even running Spybot S&D afterwards doesn’t show anything. Maybe SpywareBlaster has blocked it???

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It may be a “warn once” – or similar – setting in Spybot. We’re talking about the first time I ever visited that site.

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It may be a “warn once” – or similar – setting in Spybot. We’re talking about the first time I ever visited that site.

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Hmmm. Why doesn’t my Spybot S&D give me that message? All I see is a message in the status bar about connecting to “ad.doubleclick.com”. But even running Spybot S&D afterwards doesn’t show anything. Maybe SpywareBlaster has blocked it???

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Opening the http://www.weather.com site gave me the attached message. Perhaps the root of your error message is that you have this “known threat” blocked.

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Thanks for the helpful replies. To recap: I have CHECKED “disable script debugging” and UNCHECKED “display a notification about every script error” but still get an error message. I would post an exact picture of the error message but don’t know how to capture it in the first place – advice please. However, the message does not say anything more than my previous post: “Syntax Error. An error has occurred in the script on this page. Do you wish to continue running scripts on this page…?” or close to this anyway. It happens frequently when surfing the internet – each time I go to a new site. It happens EVERY time I go to http://www.weather.com. BTW – one of Woody’s newsletters said that if you install Googles bar it gets rid of these alerts but not in this case.

The search continues

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Jefferson, I have never seen a third error message — can you give an example? I revert back to my request above — the user should post an image!!

I firmly believe one cannot get the “De######” RunTime Error box unless they have the De###### installed. Since the De###### is not installed by default, most people know if they installed it or not. The other script error box is controlled as I said in my first post — and as others have duplicated above.

Any other error box should not normally be displayed while surfing the Internet — or at least I have never heard of that happening — except in instances where IE is corrupt. An image of the error box would be most helpful…

Hearing the the check boxes seem to be checking and unchecking themselves without user intervention implies something is amiss with IE…. or something is interfering — like a “security” software (firewall, pop-up stopper, script blocker, etc.)

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On second read, I think it’s possible that there is a third kind of error message that you can’t control, but since I leave notifications on, I wouldn’t know for sure. Is there a particular page you can give a link to that causes this error for you?

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Hi – I also have this persistent problem. I have tried the solutions so far suggested without success. However, the alert has changed now to this message: “Syntax Error. An error has occurred in the script on this page. Do you wish to continue running …?” Any further suggestions would be welcome. Thanks. Richard

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Eli–

I was in a hurry and misread when I posted. What Hans and R2 are telling you is to simply disable this. Go to Tools>Options>Advanced and you want to hit two boxes. The fourth and fifth boxes under browsing. Put a checkmark in “disable script debugging.” Take the checkmark out of the next one ” display a notification about every error.

You still have a checkmark in the second one–that’s why you’re getting these errors. They are information for the developer or creator of the web page to change his information. You can’t do anything about them–so take the checkmark out of the second one and this will stop.

SMBP

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Now it’s line 56

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Eli,

Still not very clear but line 36 usually means a “read” error, somewhere. Perhaps one of our resident script experts can jump in and add more information.
Meanwhile see if any other error messages come up with other details.

Bob

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If the Disable Script Debugging box in the Advanced tab of Tools | Internet Options… is cleared, try checking it.

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Thank you for the advice. I’ve disabled Script Debugging.
Hopefully, that will do it.
Eli

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Do you have the Script De###### installed??

Are these script warnings? Can you post an image of one of these boxes?? Thanks.

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Do you have the Script De###### installed??

Are these script warnings? Can you post an image of one of these boxes?? Thanks.

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Thank you for the advice. I’ve disabled Script Debugging.
Hopefully, that will do it.
Eli

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If the Disable Script Debugging box in the Advanced tab of Tools | Internet Options… is cleared, try checking it.

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Bob,
The latest Runtime error said: “Line 36 Error: Object Required”
Eli

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Bob,
My latest Run Time error read:
Line 50
Error ‘dclkpuwin’ is null or not an object.

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In general, it is not very useful to show script errors on web pages, since you can’t do anything about them, unless you are designing them yourself. Did you follow the recommendations earlier in this thread:

Clear “Display notification a notification about every script error
Check “Disable Script Debugging”

in the Advanced tab of Tools | Internet Options…?

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Hans,
I did have it checked but it just changed it’s mind and unchecked itself. It’s now checked again.
Sic Transit IE
Eli

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Hans,
I did have it checked but it just changed it’s mind and unchecked itself. It’s now checked again.
Sic Transit IE
Eli

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In general, it is not very useful to show script errors on web pages, since you can’t do anything about them, unless you are designing them yourself. Did you follow the recommendations earlier in this thread:

Clear “Display notification a notification about every script error
Check “Disable Script Debugging”

in the Advanced tab of Tools | Internet Options…?

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Bob,
My latest Run Time error read:
Line 50
Error ‘dclkpuwin’ is null or not an object.

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Eli,

Runtime errors can come from many sources, like corrupt files, illegal prog operations, divide by zero, etc, etc.

What other information is contained in the error messages stating runtime error in xxxx. Need more detailed info than just runtime error.
Try to give us exactly what is contained in the message block. Have you just added something new to your system?

Bob

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