General Protection Fault When You Quit Internet Explorer (234846)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 98 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q234846 SYMPTOMS
When you quit an instance of Internet Explorer, you may receive a general protection fault error message.
CAUSE
This problem can occur if the Web page you are viewing has opened up additional windows using the window.open() method and additional JScript code is being used to close these windows when you quit the instance of your browser.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, download and install the latest scripting engine from the following Microsoft Web site or upgrade to Microsoft Internet Explorer 5:
For information about upgrading to Internet Explorer 5, please see the following Microsoft Web site:
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 2/6/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB234846 |
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