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

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

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.

Article C2057 - June 14, 2004

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my IExplore.exe problem is that i starts-up with my windowxp starts-up
with all the other processes even with out an IE window i try ending the process but it just comes back i've scanned for viruses but found nothing, plus i can start up my xp firewall and other security options.
cheers if you can help thanks

Posted by: ash at August 21, 2006 5:52 PM

on a seperate computer...we have the iexplore.exe problem as well. It just keeps generating browser pages...like google, etc..with topics already existing that noone has created. I have a user agreement with McAfee and could download it onto that computer but I can't open a browser page to typing in the website. Even the browers pages it automatically generates wont allow me to do a search or access a web page. Also, I notice that the iexplore.exe drains my cpu usage..i delete and it automatically just comes back. Please help. Thanks

Posted by: Tom at November 11, 2006 3:39 AM

I have myspace page and everytime i go to log into it, and error thing pops up that says something about "can not read memory" What can I do and is it bad for my computer?

Posted by: kaysha kozlowski at January 1, 2007 5:22 PM

"Something about" isn't enough to say for sure - we'd need to see the exact error message. However, this might help:
http://ask-leo.com/iexploreexe_has_generated_an_error_now_what.html

Posted by: Leo Notenboom at January 1, 2007 6:33 PM

your advice on unchecking enable third-party browser extensions worked great!! thanks

Posted by: jormed at August 6, 2007 6:37 PM

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
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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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