"IExplore.exe has generated an error." Now what?

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Close all instances of Internet Explorer, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Under Browsing, click to clear the Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart) check box.
5. Restart Internet Explorer.

If you receive this error message only when you visit a particular site, it's possible that data in your browser cache is corrupt, so you should delete your temporary Internet files and try again. To delete these files in IE6, open the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and in the Temporary Internet Files area on the General tab, click the Delete Files button. When the Delete Files dialog box displays, select the Delete All Offline Content checkbox and click OK. Next, go back to the General tab, click the Clear History button, and then click Yes. Finally, under Temporary Internet Files on the General tab, click Settings, click View Objects, and delete all of the listed Objects. Click OK to exit the Settings dialog box, then click OK to exit the Internet Options dialog box. Note that this process will delete cookies saved on your computer, so you'll need to log on to any sites that previously granted you an automatic logon when you visited them.

When i try to install World Of Warcraft it says windows cannot find iexplore.exe and it says to list location of iexplore.exe

what do i do?

It's normally in "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"

i have mistakenly deleted iexplore.exe.
how can i get it back?

The system file checker on Windows XP should restore it: http://ask-leo.com/what_is_the_system_file_checker_and_how_do_i_run_it.html

There are so many programs that cause this problem it's unbelievable. Many times, it's caused by the way LSP (Layered Service Protocol) communicates with networking devices. Are you by any chance running Netlimiter or XFire?
If it's that, there is a free program called LSPFix that will fix it. It can be found here.
I would strongly recommend having a restore point available before running it though.

i had this problem on a new laptop. it was after installing solid pdf converter (an older version i might paint out), which incorporates or imbeds itself into IE. so this BHO was causing the error whenever IE was closed. (how annoying!)..

after I deleted an entry related to soldPDFcoverter using hijackthis, i noticed that the error would delay after cloing IE, but persist.

so i read the remarks (article) by Leo and then searched a little more and found someone had that same problem as the good folks on this forum.

i just uninstalled the program (solidPDFconverter) and voila!.
well, it worked for me, hope it does the same for you.
i would create a resore point and start unstalling the smaller programs on by one, testing in between each one of course.

best of luck

nic©o

Scott: can you uninstall Yahoo's spyware using control panel add/remove programs?

Otherwise, in IE, you may be able to go to Tools->Manage Add-ons and locate and disable the BHO.

Another "home run," Leo. I had an error everytime I closed IE and sometimes while surfing the net. Went into IE>Tools>Manage Addons and started disabling things until I isolated the problem, AOL toolbar. Now everything works like a charm and no more annoying IE must close errors. Thanks so much, Leo!

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