Re: Real Odd. IE6 works as expect but ...

"John Doue" <notwobe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OJ3ymp6gIHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> After going back to IE6 on a Media Center system, I eventually managed
> to get every back to work as expected, but the only anomaly seems to be
> that in the Help menu, About Explorer does not show anything, and no
> error message.
>
> No big deal, of course, but I am finicky. I ran the Ie-rereg.cmd, to no
> avail.
>
> Any ideas?


Unfortunately that feature is buggy.   You could try this alternative courtesy
MVP Kai Schaetzl:

http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=24&id=31&artlang=en

Download it and execute it.   Since it is based on the old IE Repair
which used to be done during a boot when *nothing* else is running
I usually suggest as well that it might be a good idea to do it during
a safe boot when at least *less* is running.   ; )

Note for  IE7  lurkers:   there are known incompatibilies if you re-register
IE6 modules such as  shdocvw.dll  while it IE7 is still installed.

However, don't be surprised if that doesn't help either.
There are other problems with Help specifically which are due to security
changes.   E.g. MVP Ramesh Srinivasan  has some registry tweaks for
them on his web site.

If you need more help please describe your symptoms more precisely.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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>
> Thanks
> -- 
> John Doue 

After going back to IE6 on a Media Center system, I eventually managed 
to get every back to work as expected, but the only anomaly seems to be 
that in the Help menu, About Explorer does not show anything, and no 
error message.

No big deal, of course, but I am finicky. I ran the Ie-rereg.cmd, to no 
avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks
-- 

Robert Aldwinckle wrote:
> "John Doue" <notwobe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OJ3ymp6gIHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> After going back to IE6 on a Media Center system, I eventually managed
>> to get every back to work as expected, but the only anomaly seems to
be
>> that in the Help menu, About Explorer does not show anything, and no
>> error message.
>>
>> No big deal, of course, but I am finicky. I ran the Ie-rereg.cmd, to
no
>> avail.
>>
>> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Unfortunately that feature is buggy.   You could try this alternative
courtesy MVP Kai Schaetzl:
> 
>
http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=24&id=31&artlang=en
> 
> Download it and execute it.   Since it is based on the old IE Repair
> which used to be done during a boot when *nothing* else is running
> I usually suggest as well that it might be a good idea to do it during
> a safe boot when at least *less* is running.   ; )
> 
> Note for  IE7  lurkers:   there are known incompatibilies if you
re-register
> IE6 modules such as  shdocvw.dll  while it IE7 is still installed.
> 
> However, don't be surprised if that doesn't help either.
> There are other problems with Help specifically which are due to security
> changes.   E.g. MVP Ramesh Srinivasan  has some registry tweaks for
> them on his web site.
> 
> If you need more help please describe your symptoms more precisely.
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> Robert Aldwinckle
> --- 
> 
> 
> 
>> Thanks
>> -- 
>> John Doue 
> 
> 
Robert,

You must be a *too* fast reader ... You missed the part I ran the 
Ie-rereg.cmd
which you are suggesting I do!

Any other idea?

Thanks

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