Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Computer Help and Support

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

14. At least it's IE, not Windows Explorer, which could be a huge problem. Simplest thing to do is...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:18 AM

Nov 2019

just use another browser. This could be PITA if you've got lots of passwords, bookmarks, or other things stored on there, but other browsers can often dig in there and find them.

Did you say Win 10? Bing is now a bit better than IE and has some good import functions. Other browsers may not be as good.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

15 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I get the message 'explorer not working' when i'm [View all] applegrove Feb 2015 OP

What is the exact and complete message? Renew Deal Feb 2015 #1

I'm running Norton right now. It was something like that. applegrove Feb 2015 #2

No guarantee that it will fix anything but I would do a chkdsk to look for errors. gvstn Feb 2015 #3

Thanks. I will try that next. applegrove Feb 2015 #4

"Internet Explorer has stopped working" applegrove Feb 2015 #9

Just hit close/cancel Go Vols Feb 2015 #5

When I hit the x or press cancel I get another two boxes saying the same thing. applegrove Feb 2015 #6

I would get rid of Norton. JayhawkSD Feb 2015 #7

I'll keep this in mind applegrove Feb 2015 #8

same problem tararum May 2016 #10

I can't remember what happened. But my explorer works. applegrove May 2016 #11

answer tararum May 2016 #12

Post removed Post removed Nov 2019 #13

At least it's IE, not Windows Explorer, which could be a huge problem. Simplest thing to do is... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #14

Yes i have found a way around. applegrove Nov 2019 #15