internet explorer fails to start up

[Don]

I have started having a problem with internet explorer not appearing after i
double click the icon. When i open process explorer it shows that its running
but its not there for me to see.When i reboot the machine everything is fine
and it shows up on screen for at least 2 times before it starts to act up
again. I run windows XP with sp2 and this problem just started in the last
month.
--Thanks
Don

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

IE version?

Is the machine fully patched at Windows Update?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall
(if any)?
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IE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

 

[Don]

Thank you for your help. I run IE6 and it was a program called spybot that
was the cause of the problem.