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There are a couple of things to look into if Internet Explorer (IEXPLORE.EXE) starts up and tries to download things on startup.

by , © 2004

'IEXPLORE.EXE' comes up when I start my computer and says that I'm trying to download something - how do I fix it?

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Either of two ways. Check for spyware, or examine what's in your start-up. This article: What's all this stuff running after I boot Windows? should help.

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Article C2057 - June 14, 2004

Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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I can't fix this problem. Can I fix it without buying software? if so how,,,, I'm going to try your link to fix it, I will let you know if it worked.

Posted by: Kevin at December 11, 2007 12:16 AM

helf me: mycomputer need IEXPLORE.EXE. I use window 2000.
thanks alot !

Posted by: Duyen at January 2, 2008 2:19 AM

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

That's Internet Explorer. Just go to microsoft.com download and install the
latest version.

Leo


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Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32)

iD8DBQFHfchiCMEe9B/8oqERAvgJAJ97jfBzuCUBZwmdbzFGn+uR1yS7xACcCF3G
oBeVwUKFiFQGJ92xj4HPqLY=
=fmPR
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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at January 3, 2008 9:47 PM

how to repair internet explore bcoz i m lot off tome try but not repair so please help me and say how to repair.;::::

Posted by: yogesh koshti at March 10, 2008 3:08 AM

everytime I download..this dialog box appears..Internet Explore cannot download...
Internay Explorer was not able to open this site.The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later. How will i fix this?

Posted by: Jan at September 28, 2008 1:32 AM
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