why does a stupid box come up telling me "internet explorer has to close" everytime i try to do a search?

Question

I can access my internet with no problem but when my yahoo home page comes up and i type something in the
search engine and click search a box comes up and says"interent explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" what does that mean and how can i fix it so i can search for stuff. whatever i put in to search that stuff comes up. i have no problems getting online and checking emails and stuff just when i want to search for something. help!

Answer 1

That keeps happening to me too. It's extremely annoying! Mine tells me that there's a problem w/Shockwave, but it doesn't say what the problem is. If I reboot it still happens. I can leave my pc off for a week and it will still happen.

I don't know the answer, sorry. But if/when I find out, I'll be sure and post.

Answer 2

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Keep them both updated and use them.

Answer 3

Why don't you use google instead of trying to search directly from the yahoo front page??



A friend of mine had the same problem till she got tired of it and downloaded MOZILLA..... I also have netscape just in case the Explorer fails. You should try using them so I-Explorer stops getting on your nerves (it can be REALLY annoying).

Answer 4

just update your internet if your a yahoo or att member this wont be a problem just go to yahoo.com and at the top corner of the page it should either say upgrade to INTERNET EXPLORER 7 OR MAKE YAHOO YOUR HOMEPAGE if it says MAKE YAHOO YOUR HOMEPAGE go to yahoo again till it say it and download internet explorer7 then download it

Answer 5

Well, first log off for a bit, then try again. If that doesn't work, try rebooting it. That happens to me sometimes.