Internet Explorer (IE) is a dominant browser among all the other browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari and others. But most of the people face crashing problem with Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. For fixing google chrome crash we have already written an article here, so this article is about how you can fix the crashing problem in Internet Explorer.
This is Some methods that you could try to fix the error message “Internet Explorer has stopped working”.
Method 1: Disable Protected Mode
1. Click on “Tools”, “Internet Options”:
2. Go to the tab “Security” and untick the option “Enable Protected Mode”:
3. Restart the Internet Explorer.
Method 2: Reset Internet Explorer Settings
2. Go to the “Advanced” tab and click on “Reset”. Read the warning message and confirm if you want to proceed:
Method 3: Reset all settings in Internet Explorer to default.
Close your IE, head to ‘Control panel’ -> ‘Internet Options’
Go to ‘Advanced’ tab -> click on ‘Reset’ -> click ‘OK’
Now start your IE again.
Method 3 : Other Microsoft services troubling your Internet Explorer.
Close your IE, head to ‘Start’ -> ‘Run’
Type ‘msconfig’ -> click ‘OK’ -> click ‘continue or allow’ on User Account Control popup
Click ‘Selective startup’ -> Uncheck Load startup items
Click ‘Services tab’ -> Check ‘Hide all Microsoft services box’
Click ‘Disable all’ -> Click ‘OK’
And Restart your PC now.
Other Methods:
Disable Toolbars
Disable Addons
Restore system via system restore
Reinstall Windows 7
If none of the methods above help you to fix the error and you are still receiving the message “Internet Explorer has stopped working” frequently, you could reinstall your OS as a last resort, create a new user account, disable all add-ons that you currently use, disable all toolbars or try a system restore in Windows 7.
