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Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Gary S on April 21, 2003, 06:02:00 PM

My son has been using IE 5.2.2 on OS 10.2.4 and yesterday I started quiting on him.
I just found out about it so I launched it and the splash screen comes up a translucent page opens and then I get a message box that it has quit.

I trashed it and downloaded it and installed it again. It did the same thing.

I repaired permissions and that all.

Anyone have any ideas? Maybe I can get him to switch browsers.    

He likes IE though.

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: pendragon on April 21, 2003, 07:05:00 PM

Gary, I have been using IE 5.2.2 since it was first released without major problems. Sometimes (rarely) a frozen page required me to quit IE and then relaunch it, but on the whole it worked fine; though I am now migrating to Safari.

But to the issue (my best shot), when you reinstalled IE, did you trash all of the residuals? I suggest saving, in as separate location, (only) the User/Preferences/Explorer folder as it contains the Favorites. Do a search on Explorer and trash everything else. Then reinstall IE. If that goes OK, replace the new Explorer folder with the one you saved.

Harv

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Gary S on April 21, 2003, 07:39:00 PM

Thanks Harv,

I'll move that folder and reinstall and see if that works.

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: pendragon on April 21, 2003, 08:12:00 PM

Gary, I really don't know if that will work, but under the circumstances, I think it is worth a try.

Harv

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Bill on April 21, 2003, 08:30:00 PM

5.2.2. sometimes 'stalls' on me. A relaunch is all it needs.
Better than that slow poke Safari.

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Gary S on April 21, 2003, 08:38:00 PM

Harv,

I did as you said and the only 2 files I couldn't trash were
2 files that belonged to root.

I redownloaded Explorer 5.2.2 and reinstalled and bingo! It worked. So I quit and replaced his Favorites and he's back in business.

Thanks a lot Harv  

It felt good going into that Preferences folder and trashing something! Just like the........................good old days?      
 
 [ 04-21-2003, 09:39 PM: Message edited by: Gary S ]

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Gary S on April 21, 2003, 08:55:00 PM

One more thing.

One of the things I trashed was one of those orange and yellow boxes with the top open.....Something like Internet Explorer package or whatever.

I thought those things were sacred, but I guess not.  

I just did a search and trashed the lot.

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: pendragon on April 21, 2003, 08:59:00 PM

Gary, Glad it all worked out. But before things get too far along, it may still worth the effort (IMNHO) to Repair Permissions, run fsck -y, and DiskWarrior (if you have it).

Harv

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Bill on April 21, 2003, 09:15:00 PM

You talking about these?

 

Title: Internet Explorer and OS X
Post by: Gary S on April 22, 2003, 09:35:00 AM

Bill,

Yes. Those little boxes.  

I ran Diskwarrior, repaired permissions but not fsck -y. How do you do that? the only reference I have for that is Pogue and he says you have to startup with the Command -S but I haven't messed with the terminal that way. Is that the way to do it?
 
 [ 04-22-2003, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: Gary S ]