Unable to Open Explorer

[Bill]

I cannot open Internet Explorer. I get a message
saying IE has a problem and needs to close. I also get an
error message every time I re-boot, IEDriver.exe -
Application Error, The application failed to initialize
properly (0xc0000033). Click on OK to terminate the
application. I'm on XP. Have tried installing IE6 SP1
and that did not solve the problem. Any help on resolving
this problem would be
much appreciated.

 

[mouser]

see solution posted under IE5.5/browser room. user there
said they found a solution

 

[war17]

1. Check if a program running in the background is interfering with Internet
Explorer. Temporarily disable all Norton programs, including anti-virus, win
doctor, recycle bin protect, and clean sweep. Disable any firewall or
ad-blocker.

2. Perform a repair of Internet Explorer. From Control Panel select
Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to Microsoft Internet Explorer and
highlight it. Click on the Add/Remove button. When the IE Tools menu comes
up, select Repair. Click OK.

3. If repairing does not work, uninstall and reinstall IE. At the same IE
Tools menu, select "Restore the previous Windows configuration". Then
reinstall Internet Explore.

You can also access the IE Toolbar by clicking Start > Run and type

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance

 

[Deb]

Bill,We are having the same problem and are very
frustrated trying to find how to solve it. Did anyone
have any suggestions for you? Deb

 

[Guest]

the problem with these solutions that everyone is giving is
that they involve going into control panel or going into
IE... if IE doesn't open, then thats useless. and control
panel is accessed through explorer, which can't open, so
you can't open control panel. like i said in my first post,
this makes all of my computer activities extremely limited,
and none of the solutions posted here work because control
panel cannot be opened.