another strange internet explorer problem
 

Several days ago my I.E. browser started acting up. It works fine except I cannot open any links. Any time I click a link that opens a new window, I get the outline of the new window and the curser goes to hourglass and just hangs there. Its so frustrating. I'm running XP home and can't uninstall and reinstall I.E.

I've started using firefox as a fix but would like I.E to work also. Any suggestions?

Have you cleared cookies/ temp internet files lately?

Also, do you run any firewall programs?

I would clear cookies and temp files, then run ad-Aware or spybot, then see if it works.

Have you installed any software that includes a pop-up blocker? Try holding down the CTRL key while you click on a link. Some pop-up blockers use the CTRL key to suspend the pop-up blocking.

O.K., I ran ad-aware and spybot, cleared temp files and cookies and still no luck.
I do use the google toolbar with pop up blocking enabled and tried holding the control key, but still no go.
This is very strange. The only solution I could find at M.S. help is a system recover and I am trying to avoid that.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.

It sounds like explorer is fuxored, have you been having problems with that hanging too?

Not sure of your terminology, but I haven't noticed any other problems except in Internet Explorer.:confused:

i've had this before, after installing avantbrowser and uninstalling it...try this link...i had to reregister several DLLs but it got it going again...

http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread....608/qid/764180

don't quote me because i dont know what platform you are running, but here are some other links that will help...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q281679

http://www.searchthingy.com/problems.htm

let us know how you made out...

Thanks for the tips everyone. I was able to finally resolve it. Found an article in M.S. knowledge base.

LINK

It wasn't supposed to apply to anything past ver.4 or something and I'm at 6, but it worked. Radi8tor had it right, but I found a fix just before I read his post. I had to reregister a couple of dlls.
At least sometrhing good came of it. I kind of like Firefox and will probably continue using it.
Thanks again.