error 2: x is null or not an object?????

[priiyank shukla]

every time I try to opena anew window from the current IE
window< Ctrl+n > or I try to download something using IE.
you can say anything which involves opening a new window
from the current browser I get this error messege and the
new window never opens. just a white window as it is trying
to download.

I tried to uninstall IE6 but didn't find it anywhere< not
even in add or remove programs >.. tried to install IE6
from microsoft site but it says I already have newer
version and stops.

I am really pi**ed off . plss help me !!!!

thanks in advance

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

every time I try to opena anew window from the current IE
window< Ctrl+n > or I try to download something using IE.
you can say anything which involves opening a new window
from the current browser I get this error messege and the
new window never opens. just a white window as it is trying
to download.

I tried to uninstall IE6 but didn't find it anywhere< not
even in add or remove programs >.. tried to install IE6
from microsoft site but it says I already have newer
version and stops.

I am really pi**ed off . plss help me !!!!

thanks in advance

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


You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (SFC /SCANNOW for Win2K or WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk'.
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 folder of your installation CD-ROM (typically
D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System, and click OK. System
File Checker 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.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

[Subject: error 2: x is null or not an object?????]

every time I try to opena anew window from the current IE
window< Ctrl+n > or I try to download something using IE.
you can say anything which involves opening a new window
from the current browser I get this error messege and the
new window never opens. just a white window as it is trying
to download.

The first part of your symptom (the error message in your Subject)
makes me think of broken malware (e.g. a script which is trying to
run as each window is opened). I would do some tests of that idea
by making scripting (at least) a prompt and making sure that there
is no Accessibility style sheet in effect.

Do Frank's suggestion first, since that is the standard repair for
the second part of your symptom, but if the first part persists
after that I think standard techniques for eliminating bad BHO
and spyware may be needed.

Do you get the same symptom if the initial window is About:Blank?


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle