Cannot close IE6 (IE6 SP1)

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I am running win98ME and had loaded IE6 some time ago onto my kids PC. I am using for the first time in a long time and have found that I cannot shut down IE windows. I have downloaded SP1 but it has made no difference. I also tried a windows update but the system just hangs when it attempts to identify my configuration. When I retry the I get an error message with the msvbvm60.dll.

I have searched the MS knowledge base but cannot find any info so any help is greatly appreciated.

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AB

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This likely barely qualifies as ‘any help’, but first let’s find out if there is something wrong with your msvbvm60.dll. That is all I can see to work with…

This is the “Visual Basic Virtual Machine”. Locate that file on your computer and look at its Properties. If your computer is truly up-to-date, then the Version is “6.00.9237” and the Modified Date of this file should be: “Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:00:00 AM”. It should have a size of: “1.32 MB (1,388,544 bytes) 1,409,024 bytes used”, however, the Find box says the size is “1,356 KB” — go figure. If you know how to check the MD5 HASH, on my machine I get: f4 0c 65 cb a5 ac 3f 65 70 d2 c8 8a a2 d3 c6 8e. (If that makes no sense to you, just skip it).

Interestingly, I can find NO other file that was “Created” around the same date as this file, so I am NOT sure where it came from. I suspect if you update your Visual Basic RunTime files, you would get this file. There are several sources, but KarenWare is fairly trustworthy.

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Here’s a link to the MS support site that will get more links to the various VB runtime files: ;vbruntime&”]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;%5BLN%5D;vbruntime&%5B/url%5D.

Joe

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Thanks. I had a hard time locating that on the MS site. Also of note, the link on that page is for VBRuntimes6sp5 — but the most recent is sp6!

That file is Msvbvm60.dll 6.0.89.64 — which is obviously younger than 6.0.92.37.

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that strange. there’s no mention of SP6 on the Visual Studio pages. Only Visual Source Safe SP6. The only Visual Studio service pack mentioned is SP5.

Joe

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Agreed, but the version that ships with WinXP is essentially an ‘sp6’ version since the file’s version numbers have changed. KarenWare is offering the sp6 version as a download. Jasons-Toolbox still has the sp5 version. I don’t know the differences…

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Is this happening on two operating systems (98 and ME?) Open Windows Explorer | select Folder Options from the View Menu
then click on the View tab and scroll down to Hidden Files and select Show all files | press Apply
Then do a file | find for MSVBVM60.DLL (post versions that you have here)
Also try this: go to start | run and type SFC (system file checker) See instruction for W98 SFC here

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Sorry I am running Windows ME only and I have loaded the MSVBSM60.DLL files from microsoft via the link previously posted. Since doing this I havent seen the error but I still cannot close the windows. Some pop up windows are able to be shut down but the main windows (or subsequent windows that open from links) cannot be shut down.

I have also found that I cannot use the tab key in IE but it works in Word and Excel.

Any other advise is greatly appreciated.

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Have you checked for viruses?

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How have you tried to shut them down:

1) Clicking the “X” in the upper right corner
2) Clicking the “e” in the upper left corner and selecting “X Close”
3) Selecting “File | Close” from the Menu bar
4) Hitting Alt+F4
5) Using Ctrl-Alt-Del and Ending the Task.

You might want to check exactly what other programs are running in at the same time — perhaps one of them it interfering.

Also, you might try to “Repair IE” (usually found under Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs).

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