IE 6 won't start after setup--gives blank screen

[Arvo]

I recently reinstalled Win98SE and after installing some other
programs, IE stopped working. I mean, when I tried to start IE I just
got a blank half size window with nothing in it.

This was an older version of IE installed by the Win98 installer. So I
downloaded the IE update for 6.0 SP1, and it installed 6.0. But now,
after restarting, I click on the IE icon and I get the SAME THING AS
BEFORE -- a blank half size window and no IE program.

Setup seems to have uninstalled the older version of IE and the version
I'm clicking on does appear to be IE 6 SP1 from the readme files info.

Can anyone help?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I recently reinstalled Win98SE and after installing some other
programs, IE stopped working. I mean, when I tried to start IE I just
got a blank half size window with nothing in it.

This was an older version of IE installed by the Win98 installer. So I
downloaded the IE update for 6.0 SP1, and it installed 6.0. But now,
after restarting, I click on the IE icon and I get the SAME THING AS
BEFORE -- a blank half size window and no IE program.

Setup seems to have uninstalled the older version of IE and the
version I'm clicking on does appear to be IE 6 SP1 from the readme
files info.

Can anyone help?

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

6. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[Arvo]

Thanks fellows,

I haven't tried your suggestions, because before you posted them, I
decided to take some actions myself. I went to Control Panel --
Add/Remove programs and tried to remove IE so that I could install it
clean. Of course, Win 98 does not let you remove IE, and instead
offered to "repair" it. I foolishly let Windows do this, and then after
it "repaired" it, it prompted me to restart my computer. After restart,
the computer gave me a blue screen at some point in the startup
process, from which I couldn't Ctrl-Alt-Delete. This happened again
when I tried to boot up a second time. Finally I booted in Safe Mode
and -- I don't remember exactly what I did, but I got Windows to
uninstall IE 6 and return to the earlier configuration.

Then I rebooted and voila -- another blue screen!

Finally I stopped all of this by telling msconfig not to load AVG
antivirus in the startup process. The blue screens seemed to happen
after AVG items had loaded. Needless to say, AVG was working just fine
until I tried to update IE.

Now that I've got my computer running again, I think I will just not
install IE. I only wanted it to check how my website appears in it. I
don't use IE normally. I'm not willing to go through all these
difficulties and risk screwing up my system just to install a program.

Sorry I didn't see your advice earlier, I would have tried it before I
made the mistake of letting Windows "repair" my IE installation.

 

[Arvo]

Thanks fellows,

I haven't tried your suggestions, because before you posted them, I
decided to take some actions myself. I went to Control Panel --
Add/Remove programs and tried to remove IE so that I could install it
clean. Of course, Win 98 does not let you remove IE, and instead
offered to "repair" it. I foolishly let Windows do this, and then after
it "repaired" it, it prompted me to restart my computer. After restart,
the computer gave me a blue screen at some point in the startup
process, from which I couldn't Ctrl-Alt-Delete. This happened again
when I tried to boot up a second time. Finally I booted in Safe Mode
and -- I don't remember exactly what I did, but I got Windows to
uninstall IE 6 and return to the earlier configuration.

Then I rebooted and voila -- another blue screen!

Finally I stopped all of this by telling msconfig not to load AVG
antivirus in the startup process. The blue screens seemed to happen
after AVG items had loaded. Needless to say, AVG was working just fine
until I tried to update IE.

Now that I've got my computer running again, I think I will just not
install IE. I only wanted it to check how my website appears in it. I
don't use IE normally. I'm not willing to go through all these
difficulties and risk screwing up my system just to install a program.

Sorry I didn't see your advice earlier, I would have tried it before I
made the mistake of letting Windows "repair" my IE installation.

 

[Arvo]

One last question: I just found out about IEradicator. Do you think it
is safe to run that on Win98SE? If I could eradicate IE, I think I
would risk installing it clean. But is it possible IEradicator could
screw up Windows and it won't run properly? Thanks.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

One last question: I just found out about IEradicator. Do you think it
is safe to run that on Win98SE? If I could eradicate IE, I think I
would risk installing it clean. But is it possible IEradicator could
screw up Windows and it won't run properly? Thanks.

I have seen others recommend it but have never tried it myself. I would
first backup all your data files to another hard drive or a CD in case you
have to reinstall Windows from scratch.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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