I am having fits with the operation of IE8 after an upgrade from XP Pro to W7
Ultimate on my computer. I had been using IE8 on the same machine with XP Pro
with no issues. I would like to rerun or reload with a repair options but can
seem to find if it's possible. The browser refused to open links if they open
in a new page. Pop up blocker is of and defaults have been reset. I have run
it without add ins and get the same result.

Thanks

 

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?

The above notwithstanding...

Download/run the appropriate, newly-updated script(s) by IE MVP Kai
Schaetzl:
http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=42&id=133&artlang=en

Tip: The file named ie8-rereg.all.zip contains all three (3) scripts below.

If you have a Win7 32-bit computer:

• Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.cmd & reboot.

If you have a Win7 64-bit computer:

• Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.32on64.cmd to correct the
problem in IE8 32-bit & reboot.

• Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.64on64.cmd to correct the
problem in IE8 64-bit & reboot.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


swassociates wrote:
> I am having fits with the operation of IE8 after an upgrade from XP Pro to
> W7 Ultimate on my computer. I had been using IE8 on the same machine with
> XP Pro with no issues. I would like to rerun or reload with a repair
> options but can seem to find if it's possible. The browser refused to open
> links if they open in a new page. Pop up blocker is of and defaults have
> been reset. I have run it without add ins and get the same result.
>
> Thanks

 

After working with tech support the problem was solved. He reloaded the DLL
files in the registry and everything is normal again. Apparently corrupted
during the install. The whole process took about 2 hours of phone time but at
least the computer and IE are functional again.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
> What third-party firewall (if any)?
>
> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
> it)?
>
> The above notwithstanding...
>
> Download/run the appropriate, newly-updated script(s) by IE MVP Kai
> Schaetzl:
> http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=42&id=133&artlang=en
>
> Tip: The file named ie8-rereg.all.zip contains all three (3) scripts below.
>
> If you have a Win7 32-bit computer:
>
> • Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
> taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.cmd & reboot.
>
> If you have a Win7 64-bit computer:
>
> • Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
> taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.32on64.cmd to correct the
> problem in IE8 32-bit & reboot.
>
> • Close all open applications (i.e., anything with an icon on the
> taskbar) then Run the script named ie8-rereg.64on64.cmd to correct the
> problem in IE8 64-bit & reboot.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> swassociates wrote:
> > I am having fits with the operation of IE8 after an upgrade from XP Pro to
> > W7 Ultimate on my computer. I had been using IE8 on the same machine with
> > XP Pro with no issues. I would like to rerun or reload with a repair
> > options but can seem to find if it's possible. The browser refused to open
> > links if they open in a new page. Pop up blocker is of and defaults have
> > been reset. I have run it without add ins and get the same result.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> .
>