IE7 wierdness

MikeHunt79 · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:13

This isn't my system, but a friends. He only likes IE7, but the shortcut on the desktop does nothing...It doesn't launch IE7.

Also, windows update does not work... everything else is ok.

I fixed it by making my own shortcut to iexplore.exe in the IE7 folder - this works.

Windows update still doesn't tho.... Anyone know why? This rig is running xp sp2, with comodo av and fw.

kidkhaos · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:20

open ie and go to http://www.update.microsoft.com/ :confused:

gillywibble · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:29

There was a recent thread similar to this with a possible solution. The thread can be found here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17796755

The response was as follows:-

1) First, I created a folder in my C:\ drive called 'WUAGENT'. Its address was:

C:\WUAGENT

I used this directory to store the Windows Update Agent file (see next step).

2) I went to the link below, and downloaded 'WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe' to my C:\WUAGENT directory:

http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7...gent30-x86.exe

3) I opened the Command Prompt and forced a re-install of the Windows Update Agent with the following command:

C:\WUAGENT\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce

4) The re-install worked fine, and after that Windows Update worked perfectly.

Gas

P.S shamelessly stolen from elsewere

MikeHunt79 · 30 Oct 2007 at 16:27

wierd - even tho ie7 was on there, it installed itself again, and now it's OK... Cheers for the info tho.