As a last resort! Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 8:10 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) You can completely remove IE and then reinstall, this usually corrects strange file related problems. Download the Microsoft Internet Explorer ie6setup.exe file and save it to your drive. Download IEradicator. Run it to completely remove IE. Run the ie6setup.exe utility to reinstall while connected to the Internet. Visit the Windows Update site to install the latest Service Packs. On Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 7:50 pm, Wendy wrote: >Did you fix Michelle's problem? She specified the same problem I'm having. >When I go to dbl-click on my IE icon, the error message comes up "This Program has >performed an Illegal Operation..." I click ok, then it comes up once more, I click >ok and then my screen goes black for a second, like it's shutting down, but it doesn't >reboot, my desktop comes back up and I have to restore it. I can right-click on IE, >then click "Explore", and use this browser, but not for all webpages/sites. I can >only use the Search feature from the toolbar of this browser window, not from inside >the webbrowser. I can access my Outlook, but cannot click on a webpage link from >there. > > > Written in response to: Ran Kazaabegone, nothing found (Wendy: Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 7:50 pm) Responses to this message: omg!!!!!! (Wendy: Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 8:52 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 11:55 am) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 12:27 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 12:36 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 12:46 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 12:52 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 1:05 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 1:16 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 1:26 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 1:51 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:00 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:05 pm) re: Can't open IE...get Illegal Operation error message (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:12 pm) ps..... (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:05 pm) re: ps..... (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:49 pm) pss: I can't even open a normal browser to use my internet tools to delete Temp files and cookies. (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:53 pm) nevermind...figured that out. (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:08 pm) Poor IE.... (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:08 pm) re: Poor IE?? POOR ME! LOL (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:14 pm) re: Poor IE?? POOR ME! LOL (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:24 pm) Ran IE repair (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:41 pm) Also.... (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:43 pm) re: Also.... (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:49 pm) How do I get to C:\Windows\Temp folder? (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:19 pm) re: How do I get to C:\Windows\Temp folder? (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:27 pm) Hijack This makes it easier (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:32 pm) re: Hijack This makes it easier (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:44 pm) re: Hijack This makes it easier (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:49 pm) re: Ran IE repair (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:53 pm) Oh boy (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:07 pm) re: Oh boy (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:18 pm) OK done checking files (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:22 pm) Also, how do I get to C:\Windows\Temp folder? (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:26 pm) Next..... (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:39 pm) re: Next..... (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:44 pm) re: Next..... (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:49 pm) OK....Here's my HijackThis Log (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 5:39 pm) re: OK....Here's my HijackThis Log (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 6:04 pm) OK checked and fixed items, (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 6:16 pm) re: OK checked and fixed items, (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 6:28 pm) ?? You lost me (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 6:42 pm) Me too! (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 7:05 pm) re: Me too! (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 7:09 pm) re: OK checked and fixed items, (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 6:38 pm) Reset Web Settings... (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 6:42 pm) Problem still not fixed (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 7:16 pm) thanks Carol...how do I restore entries? (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 7:07 pm) re: thanks Carol...how do I restore entries? (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 7:23 pm) Ran Kazaabegone, nothing found (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 7:50 pm) As a last resort! (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 8:10 pm) omg!!!!!! (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 8:52 pm) re: omg!!!!!! (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 9:00 pm) Sure has!!! (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 9:02 pm) re: Sure has!!! (JmC: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 9:14 pm) For fun??? =D (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 9:22 pm) re: Ran Kazaabegone, nothing found (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 8:11 pm) Just added disk maintenance (Ms. Eagle: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 8:36 pm) OK, figured out how to get to and delete Downloaded Program Files (Wendy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 4:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum