search causes ie6 to crash

Bob Stratford

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Dec 21, 2001, 9:13:31 PM12/21/01

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Darren

Seems nobody can give an answer to this one....
I've been having th esame problem for a month now - since I upgraded to IE6.
Was fine under 5.5

Bob

"Darren Hewer" <dhe...@uoguelph.ca> wrote in message
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> (My appologies if two similar messages are posted to the newsgroup, I
posted
> one earlier but it doesn't seem to have been added ...)
>
> Whenever I attempt a search in IE6.0, it crashes and gives me the message
> "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.
> We are sorry for the inconvenience." etc. This occurs for example when I
go
> to amazon.com and type in any search into the product search box, or if I
go
> to altavista.com and search, etc. The problem started when I had 5.5 on
the
> system, I upgraded today to try to fix the problem but the problem
persists.
>
> I found other posts regarding this problem but no answers ... any help
would
> be greatly appreaciated! :) Thanks in advance!!!
>
> Darren
>
>

Shane

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Dec 22, 2001, 2:07:17 AM12/22/01

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OK Guys.

Have you tried re-installing the OS over itself?
And - this is probably really the answer - you need to use your backup that
you made when it was all working properly.
Sorry I can't be of more help.

Shane

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Bob Stratford

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Dec 22, 2001, 10:30:19 AM12/22/01

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Thanks Shane

I know as a last resort that may do it. Was hoping I wouldn't have to do
that.
Thanks
Bob

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Mike Burgess

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Dec 23, 2001, 3:42:00 AM12/23/01

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Bob,
See if this helps ........
To repair Search:

Open Windows Explorer to the (hidden) Windows\Inf folder
Locate "srchasst.inf", right-click and select: Install

To view hidden files in Windows XP:
Click Tools | Folder Options | View
1) Select: "Display system folder contents"
2) Select: "Show All Files and Folders"
3) Uncheck: "Hide file extensions for known file types"
4) Uncheck: "Show protected system files"
Click Apply\Ok
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Bob Stratford

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Dec 23, 2001, 4:44:34 PM12/23/01

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Thanks to all, but it seems it was my 'Yahoo Companion Toolbar' that was
causing the problem - uninstalled and reinstalled it and things are now
fine.

Thanks again.
Bob

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Mike Burgess

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Dec 24, 2001, 9:59:01 PM12/24/01

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Bob,
You're welcome ..... glad to see you have things resolved.

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Greg Guillot

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Dec 25, 2001, 5:43:55 AM12/25/01

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Don't do it Bob, it doesn't work. I already reinstalled the OS, and it came
back with the same IE 6 problem -- the program doesn't do searches at all.
It just dies and closes.

I've had to install Netscape so I can use it for all searching.

Greg

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Greg Guillot

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Dec 25, 2001, 5:50:35 AM12/25/01

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Mr. Burgess:

This fix doesn't work for me. When I click install, it prompts me for a
file that's on the Office XP CD-ROM. I put that CD-Rom in, but the system
doesn't find any file on there it needs. So, I can't do anything with these
instructions!

Any other thoughts?

Greg

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Mike Burgess

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Dec 25, 2001, 7:23:39 AM12/25/01

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Greg,
What file is it looking for?
Sounds like the Office XP install overwrote a WinXP file that may be
required?

Directory of C:\WINDOWS\srchasst

07/05/2001 02:51 AM <DIR> .
07/05/2001 02:51 AM <DIR> ..
07/05/2001 02:51 AM <DIR> chars
07/05/2001 02:51 AM <DIR> mui
08/23/2001 07:00 AM 3,346,432 msgr3en.dll - version: 3.1.0.2415
08/23/2001 07:00 AM 106,562 srchctls.dll - version: 1.0.0.2008
08/23/2001 07:00 AM 794,686 srchui.dll - version: 1.0.0.2008
06/27/2001 12:00 PM 4,399,505 nls302en.lex

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