#Internet explorer 11 crashing pro
#Internet explorer 11 crashing windows

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#Internet explorer 11 crashing windows

If you are using Windows 10, use the Edge browser instead as it is not recognised as a MSIE web browser by web sites that use UserAgent Sniffing to change rendering and support features based One of them is msn.com, at least a few pages on there. To allow 'Scripting of the Web Browser Control'. A number of pages make tabs in IE crash, mostly due to mshtml.dll as the cause. You may have to temporally change your Internet IE security zone settings

by default the Internet Zone does not allow scripting of the WBC. Online HTML editors typically use a scripted IE Web Browser Control for HTML editing (copy/paste functionality). Use the File>Properties menu in IE to determine which IE security zone a domain is mapped to. try removing them and see if the Emulation tab, then reports that it is using Edge (aka IE11) rendering/Emulation.Įmulation/Compatibility can also be affected by IE security zone settings. wordpress editors or any public site should not be in your IE user Compatibility view lists. (right click select Copy All from the dev tool console).ĭuring your troubleshooting with the dev tool, you should also view the Emulation tab, and note which Emulation Mode the site/page is using in IE11, and how it was established. Include those errors and warning with your questions. Any scripting error encountered will cause an exception to be raised in the dev tool console and break execution of scripts at the faulting line. top rhs of dev tools) return to your web site and continue with your editing. Press F12 to display the dev tool, select the Debug tab, and select from the dropdown (looks like a Stop sign button) 'Break on all exceptions', then !important, without closing the dev tool (you can pin To debug any web page, in any web browser you need to have your dev tool loaded and configured to break on exceptions before any scripting error exceptions invoke a break. these error reports will include a line for 'Faulting Module' which will give you the file name of the misbehaving Addon or ActiveX control. Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer.

#Internet explorer 11 crashing pro

In the case of 'Crashing' IE and your are using a pro or enterprise version of windows you can view any error reports for IE from

Toolbar and BHO extensions that you may have installed on IE can affect outcomes. This issue is most commonly caused by a corruption that affects the iertutil.dll module. for IE go Start>Run>iexplore.exe -extoff. The iertutil.dll module is the Internet Explorer Run Time Utility library and is essential for the appropriate functioning of Internet Explorer 11. The first step in troubleshooting any web browser is to test the site in NoAddons mode. What were you doing at the time of the error message? Inserting/uploading flash/video content? From your youtube account? you will need to turn off ActiveX filtering for your Wordpress editing site. Icon (looks like a blue circle icon with a line through it on the rhs of the IE Address bar). Assuming that you machine is fully patched with the latest security updates for IE, those types of errors are associated with third party website plugins for flash and IE's Tracking Protection and ActiveX filtering features.