Strange Problem With IE 9

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I have had no problem connecting to the internet until today.

When I clicked the taskbar shortcut for IE the program did not respond.Also,various programs that normally connect to the internet without any problem now do not connect. (FileHippo Update Checker for example). Other programs do connect.If I click IE 64 bit on the start screen then IE opens in a flash at my home page, so I tried unpinning the IE shortcut from the taskbar and pinning it to the taskbar from the start screen instead,but that didn’t work.

If anyone can tell me how to resolve this problem I would be very grateful.

Thanks and regards,Roy

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Hi Roy,
I pin my browser to the Start Menu + a desktop shortcut only. I also use Filehippo Update Checker and couldn’t get it to work on my Win7 H Prem, so I started using the Portable version. I run it manually but it can be run by programing it with Task Scheduler.

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First off, do you have a working internet connection?
Will your AV/AM update?
Will WU connect and show updates?

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Hi Roderunner and CLiNT,thanks for your replies.I solved the problem by clearing the DNS cache, thanks to the reply from Ted Myers to the thread started by The Duchess. (IE9 acting up again).

Best regards,Roy

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I had this problem this morning( ie9 not working), after i installed the latest windows 7 updates. Then i uninstalled the update of ie9 and problem was solved…

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Glad I could help by proxy Roy. It sounds like you are using IE (32 Bit version) by default, and when you started IE from the Start Menu you chose the 64 Bit version. I have deleted the 32 Bit icon from my taskbar and pinned the 64 Bit version instead. Now I am using the 64 Bit version all the time. Most add ons have been updated to work with the 64 Bit version.

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Hi Ted, I spoke too soon.I cleared the DNS cache for the second time and then pinned the 64 bit version of IE 9 to the taskbar, instead of the 32 bit version.What happens now is that if I open IE from the taskbar it works fine. However,if I try to connect to websites from program shortcuts or from desktop shortcuts I have used for some time past without problems (a shortcut to Windows Secrets, for example) IE does not respond.The other strange thing is that after a website doesn’t respond if I open IE from the taskbar and click “restore session” the previously non-responding window opens. (The only way I could get to Windows Secrets Forums was to open IE from the taskbar and then open it from my Favourites list)

I would greatly appreciate further help.

Thanks and regards,Roy

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Delete and replace the desktop shortcuts with one from your favorites or favorites bar.

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Yes, the 64 Bit IE 9 is not default. When you click a shortcut, Windows will automatically choose the 32 Bit version. Since you had a problem, I suspect your preexisting desktop icons were corrupt. At some point in time I suspect MS will allow us to set the 64 Bit IE 9 to be the default browser, but not yet.

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Hi CLiNT and Ted,

Once again,I could only reach this site by launching IE9 from the 64 bit taskbar shortcut.

Clint,how do I place a shortcut from my favourites to the desktop? Also, that will not work anyway in the case of File Hippo’s Update Checker desktop program shortcut.Until now,when I clicked that shortcut File Hippo would open a web page displaying download links to relevant updates for a number of my installed programs. Now it’s one of several shortcuts that lead to a non responding web page.

I tried uninstalling the latest update to IE 9, but that hasn’t made any difference.

Please advise further.

Thanks and regards,
Roy

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Hi again,

All the desktop and program shortcuts to webpages are now working again,and at blazing speed,much faster than before the problem started.

The only thing I can think of that solved the problem is that I uninstalled the latest IE 9 update, as mentioned in post #5,even though that did not work originally.

CLiNT, I would still like to know how do I place a shortcut from my favourites to the desktop?

Thanks and regards, Roy

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Right click, send to Desktop.

or

From Favorites Bar, drag to desktop/ or copy paste to desktop.

Simple.

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Today I found that the IE 9 problem had arisen again.I checked through the list of installed updates and found that KB2699988 had been installed again.I believe this happened because I used the ERUNT program to restore the registry from a few days ago to solve a different problem.I uninstalled the update and IE9 now works again.

The update was reoffered but I have hidden it. I am worried about this because the update was shown as critical,but if I install it IE9 will stop working again,unless I open the 64 bit version from the Start screen.What can I do about this?

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It could be a conflict with a particular add-on you have installed in IE9: After installing KB2699988, Internet Explorer 9 is no longer responding

Perhaps you should install the update and try running IE9 without add-ons to check whether that makes a difference?

Bruce

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Bruce, thanks .I will try that tomorrow (it’s 1 a.m. here in Malta) and post back.

Regards, Roy

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Hi Bruce, I disabled add-ons one by one,after installing the update, but it made no difference. I also flushed the DNS cache and that made no difference.I then ran sfc /scannow and errors were found (I don’t know what they were) and successfully repaired.I also rebooted my modem and router. Finally (famous last words) IE9 is working properly.

Thanks to you and everyone else who contributed to this thread.

Regards,Roy

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