Sometimes when I close an I.E. explorer window it opens up about 40+ I.E.
windows all on its own.

It hasn't happened when I open other TABS just when in a new window.

Apparently 40+ windows is too much for Vista so the program quits responding
and shuts down.

Is there a patch that fixes this bug?

Hi Woody--

As to patches that might help (and I'd install these anyway as a matter of
principal) you can try:

Update for Windows Vista (KB938194)
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dae2f819d-c33d-48db-a7e3-62eef7c1f7c2%26DisplayLang%3den[/url]

Update for Windows Vista (KB938979)
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d3fb80bb9-d832-425b-b42c-d3eb2071bbec%26DisplayLang%3den[/url]

I also think running SFC has a great chance of fixing this:

***SFC as a Remedy***:

SFC or System File Checker is a bit like the spare tire in your car or a
backup battery I suppose. In Vista of course, they have changed it somewhat
and come up with a new name--Redmond stands for name it something different
twice a year and now it's part of WRP or Windows Resource Protection. It
scans protected resources including thousands of files, libraries, critical
folders, and essential registry keys, and it replaces those that are
corrupted with intact ones. It fixes a lot of problems in Windows XP, OE,
Windows Vista, Win Mail, IE6, and on Vista or if it is installed on XP, IE7.
It protects these things from changes by any source including
administrators, by keeping a spare of most of them.


How to Run SFC:

Type "cmd" into the Search box above the Start Button>and when cmd comes up
at the top of the Start menu>right click cmd and click "run as Admin" and
when the cmd prompt comes up at the cmd prompt type "sfc /scannow" no quotes
and let it run. This may fix things quite a bit. It replaces corrupt files
with intact ones, if you're not familiar with it.

Good luck,

CH

"woody_k" <woody_k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5C21FD6-48D7-4B00-A8F4-CB1B81B6C0E1@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Sometimes when I close an I.E. explorer window it opens up about 40+ I.E.
> windows all on its own.
>
> It hasn't happened when I open other TABS just when in a new window.
>
> Apparently 40+ windows is too much for Vista so the program quits
> responding
> and shuts down.
>
> Is there a patch that fixes this bug?[/color]

"woody_k" <woody_k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote[color=blue]
> Sometimes when I close an I.E. explorer window it opens up about 40+ I.E.
> windows all on its own.
>
> It hasn't happened when I open other TABS just when in a new window.
>
> Apparently 40+ windows is too much for Vista so the program quits
> responding
> and shuts down.
>
> Is there a patch that fixes this bug?[/color]

You might also want to look through and/or post your question to the
internet explorer newsgroup:
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&cat=en_us_28cca3eb-7037-4d4f-bde1-d8efee1f1420&lang=en&cr=us[/url]

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]