IE 11 installed but NOT able to open it

1. IE 9 shipped with the unit & it worked fine. I use Firefox so removed the friendly blue e ages ago
2. I do a small amount of B2G at the end of each financial quarter & the Aussie Tax people are not big on support for other than IE, so I'd run IE9 from the start menu Run - fine.
3. A few days ago, I tried to open IE the usual way & it came up with the enclosed screenshot, don't know why the 32-bit reference I am on 64.
4. I ran sfc /scannow from DOS as Admin, the CBS log told me that iexplore.exe and vbscript.dll were corrupt, as were their counterparts in the store directory. I don't believe that I received an installation disk from Acer, so no help there.. (CBS Log available)
5. Meanwhile, I had read that IE11 was now available for Windows 7 64-bit, so I thought I'd try to install it. I downloaded it, and tried install, but was blocked with a message that setup could not complete because there was a newer version of IE on the computer.
6. I got around this by uninstalling a couple of Windows Update KBs &c, that referred to IE 11 &c, got the installation completed yesterday, but guess what?

• No blue e with a gold ring circling (icon), neither before nor after required restart.
• running iexplore from Start repeats the error message screenshotted I was getting with IE9
• double clicking the exxie file from Windows Explorer in the Program Files (x86) results in a brief blue circle (formerly the hourglass) but no apparent result, but invoking Task Manager says IE is running???

Meanwhile, IE 11 (nor any other IE version) does not appear in Control Panels Programs & Features to uninstall, nor in Revo Uninstaller


Any bright ideas (and I am sure they all are!) would be gratefully and greatly appreciated.

Hello Chris,

What are you running for an Antivirus?

Have you scanned for Malware?

Run a Disk Check

John

ThrashZone & John - tks for your help & your patience for my reply (remember I am standing on my head at the bottom of the world here). Followed John first then TZ-
John

1. Ashampoo AntiVirus 2014 edition, seems quite good so far.
2. Have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, ran it again after reading your post, only problem flagged was one perhaps with FreeMake Video Converter I put on a couple of days ago, but that was after the probs with IE commenced, so I will attend to it as a separate issue
3. Ran a disk check which found problems with orphaned files, ran it again with /f from startup and problems were resolved. Hard drive healthy

TZ -

1. Ran your command, but it only came up with the IE not a valid Win32 application window again
2. Followed the tutorial you linked me to to uninstall IE11, and it appears to have worked perfectly (Option 1), thanks to Shawn. Got back IE 10 (not 9 as I thought), seems to work fine

I will Mark Solved very shortly but have 2 quick questions, one of them perhaps off-thread:

1. Do you think I should try to install IE11 again (ie what's better over IE 10)
2. If I have any probs that require me to restore to factory settings, is it sufficient to backup c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download in order to replace all the KB files &c? I can replace everything else easily enough

Thanks very much for your help, & patience with a newbie. Attached are snipped shots that give me happy thoughts (Happy, Happy, Happy ...trailing off)

TZ - Ashampoo A-V was only installed 1st March, post-dating probs with IE so it won't be the cause.

As mentioned "Ran your command, but it only came up with the IE not a valid Win32 application window again" was the case previously, now, it comes up with the attached screenshot from Snipping Tool.

Also enclosed is Malwarebytes log. I have adwcleaner on another of my computers, running XP Media Center Edition, so I'll run it on this one or download a Win 7 version if needed, I found it quite good.

Thanks for the tips of IE 10 over 11, I might stick with IE10 for a while - "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Cheers

CT
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MBAM-log-2014-03-07 (10-58-40).txt

Good Morning (Saturday, where I live), it's 7:45am here & I'm about to get my 2nd coffee for the day. So you're 16 hours behind us.

Attached is the screenshot, current addons is the same as show all details, reference to Avast was when I was using it before Ashampoo I guess. Enjoy

ThrashZone - see below


Your set on Currently Loaded add-ons Not Show All Add-ons like my screen shot


As mentioned, my Currently Loaded is identical with All Add-ons (attached), because I have made little use of IE

You have quite a few Avast security add-ons enabled = Please Disable them - Done


Also how exactly did you Uninstall Avast ?
Did you use this uninstaller tool if not please do,
avast! Uninstall Utility | Download aswClear for avast! Removal


I did, a week ago or more. It can only be run once, as the first thing it asks for is the directory in which Avast is stored, and that is now gone. These add-on references must have been placed in IE 10 when Avast was installed, but missed in the uninstal when neither IE 10 nor 11 was fully functional. They were effectively invisible or inaccessible to the tool.

Java is also taking a bit long to activate 0.08 which there's 2-32 bit listings ?
http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/remove_olderversions.xml
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml
Interesting reads,
http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2013/01/java-zero-day-again-time-to.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2013/04/16/how-to-protect-your-computer-against-dangerous-java-applets.aspx

I will attend to the Java later today/tomorrow & report back. Tks for the interesting reads.


You also have a Mcafee add-on enabled how exactly was it Uninstalled Please Disable it and use this Uninstaller, How to uninstall or reinstall supported McAfee products using the Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR)


McAfee Security Scan Plus shipped with the unit. I have had no use for it, but it pops up with a warning when my A-V and/or Firewall is temporarily disabled whilst installing a sensitive app. I have disabled the add-on, see attached. Is there a reason to remove it? If so, I will do so and report back.

Adobe pdf link helper is also taking a bit long to activate Please disable it and uninstall Adobe reader XI I guess is what you have installed, You'll find it in Uninstall a program which you can type that in the start menu search box.


Adobe 9, not XI, currently. If I uninstal it should I then install XI?


Cheers for now.