IE/Windows Live Msgr Program

[cultavix]

To my fellow neowinsters and friends...

This is probably one of the weirdest problems I have ever encountered and one of the few I have not been able to fix myself.

Internet Explorer:

• I can open up IE perfectly it comes up, looks great...
  

• When I attempt to go to any site via Favourites or simply typing it in the address bar the following happens:
  

I get this window:

Windows Live Messenger

• Well basically, every 2-3 minutes I get the same box that I get when I open up IE and try to look up a website so I think they are related.
  

• I initially thought that the problem had been because I did a few common hacks to remove ads, buttons and other crap you don?t need. Note: I have been doing this since messpatch has been out and I have never had this problem.i>
  

Here is a picture of what I described above:

My thoughts and what I might think could be causing some of these problems or have a part in them. b>

• Basically, for the past few weeks I have been using GetRight (the download manager) and I just recently un-uninstalled it. Also, within Firefox I am using a download manager <extensionb> called:
  

• "DownloadThemAll!"
  

• Another thing it could be, but I doubt it...maybe it has something to do with making Firefox my default problems? I say this because I have had problems with making firefox my default browser with AIM a few times....
  

Thank you guys so much ahead of time...and I hope that together we can work this out.

Any question please check out my profile as I have all my messenger screen names and accounts listed publicly.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited March 30, 2006 by cultavix

[CoolCatBad]

You have a File Types problem, Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types

Probably best sorted by setting IE as default again, then switching to Firefox.

[cultavix]

You have a File Types problem, Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types

Probably best sorted by setting IE as default again, then switching to Firefox.

I did that and it did not fix the problem for IE or for MSGR.

• I still get this window when I open up Windows Live Messenger:
  

• IE seems HALFWAY fixed, When I open up IE on the other hand and when I try to go to a page, the status bar says "Website found. Waiting for reply..." then it goes blank.
  

Another problem I didnt mention is that explorer.exe constantly crashes. The start button will stop working. And the little arrow to extend my quick launch icons wont work either. To fix the problem I do the following:

• I open up task manager through hotkeys and end the task explorer.exe
  

• I open up task manager through hotkeys and start the task explorer.exe (through File>Run)
  

I also forgot to mention that I previously installed IE7 Beta and recently uninistalled it.

What do you guys think could be causing these problems?

[cultavix]

OK I think I fixed the problem, but I really dont like the fix.

I re-installed IE7 and now IE works and I dont get those AD things from MSN 8.

Thanks.

If you still have any suggestions or know of any tools that can fix things like that...please let me know.