I finally deleted ie7 and then used system restore to go back to a point
before I installed system restore.

This at least got the MS Update, help files and IE6 working.

I think I will leave IE7 uninstalled. I had problems with it when I first
installed it and had uninstalled it once before.

I think MS needs to do some work on IE7 and the updates to it and that
impact on it.

I had previously used Firefox because of the tabbed browsing feature and
waas giving IE7 a go as it now had tabs - I'll go back to Firefox for most
use and use IE6 when the site is not standards compliant and won't work with
Firefox, which is increasingly rare.

Thanks to all those who have tried to assist.

"Logan01" wrote:
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> This appears to only affect the 32-bit version of IE, 64-bit IE worked fine.
>
> I removed KB931768 and rebooted. Both versions work fine now.
>
> "Marshall Kiam-Laine" wrote:
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> > Problem : ie7 refuses to open
> > after Installing update KB 931768
> >
> > Solution : find C:\program files\ iexplore.exe
> > right click and "Run as administrator"
> > After ie7 has opened :
> > Tools\options\Advanced - Disable Pfishing.
> >
> > should be ok now - but of course be extra Alert for
> > any Fishing emails.
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
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