I don’t use IE frequently so I decided to ignore it for a few weeks. Unfortunately I did need to use IE this weekend to test some things, so I looked into fixing the problem which occurs because IE becomes “unstable” (maybe it forgot to take it’s meds). The solutions I found are annoying, you can uninstall and reinstall OR return IE7 back to its default settings.

I immediately reset the browser to it’s default settings and the problem was solved. Since I never use IE7, and haven’t even changed a single setting since I got the browser I had no problem doing a reset. I feel bad, however, for people who actually use this as their main browser and lose pop-up blocking setting, security setting, accessibility settings etc. At least you don’t loose you bookmarks if you are able to just reset the browser though. So try the directions below first if you experience the same problem.

1. Go to Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab. (If IE7 won’t even open without crashing, right-click on your IE7 desktop icon and select Properties. Then click the Advanced tab.)
3. Click the Reset… button.
4. Click Reset.
5. Close and reopen your browser when prompted.

If these don’t work and you are still having a problem uninstall the browser and either reinstall it, or consider getting Firefox.