Comments on: Multiple Instances of iexplore.exe Run When Using Internet Explorer 8

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:14:55 +0000

same problem here , sometimes about 20 ie8 processes running even after ie8 is closed , when closed with end task I get a small balloon note saying tab has been recovered, but no tabs have been opened.
I am running Win7 x64 , so far this is the only pain of a program. The only fix I have found is not to use it.

By: ttyp00

ttyp00 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:42:36 +0000

meh. if one website has a problem and causes a crash, the entirety of IE8 still crashes. it doesn’t just close the 1 tab or the 3 tabs that are associated with the one crashed tab within the tab process. all of IE8 still crashes.

it’s not like it’s just going to close those tabs and you can keep working. their solution works in theory, but in practice, they implemented it incorrectly.

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Internet Explorer Massive Problem - multiple iexplore.exe - Windows Help Forum — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:21:42 +0000

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By: Eugene

Eugene — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:57:32 +0000

sollution: Get Opera Web Browser, install it, make it default and just forget IE 7 or 8…This is the best and easiest way….Common guys, Opera is a lot much better….

By: Barking Obama

Barking Obama — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:21:47 +0000

Up until 2009-July-10 I had only one stance of “IEXPLORE.EXE” (MD5:B60DDDD2D63CE41CB8C487FCFBB6419E) running. But now I see one parent, and then under it child processes are created one for each IE TAB. What is wierd is that if I SUSPEND just one of >=1 child processes, then the parent process becomes NOT RESPONDING. (I suspend the process using ProcExplorer). I seached to find if any one is started during boot, winlogon or IE startup in the registry under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ShellExecuteHooks] I find nothing.

Can someone shed their views what is going on with new IE8.0.6001.18783? I run ZoneAmrm/Kaspersky system on Windows 6/SP2

By: cassie

cassie — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:33:08 +0000

How can i switch it off again because it is using up too much memory. If i can’t switch it off I will go back to ie7 – much more stable !!

By: marc

marc — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:15:44 +0000

this is fine but why when you close internet explorer does the 8 or so processes are still running in the background