Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close - my solution

#1 01-05-2006, 04:36 PM

"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"

On getting this error I browsed for a solution. There are thousands of
posts telling me to check all my BHOs to run malware checks etc etc, to
update my browser and on and on and on.

Nowhere have I actually seen the solution which I came to - I have a
complex development with Ajax, DOM manipulation and so on. The trigger
for this error, in my case was invalid markup.

At the end of my <body> there was a closing </div> tag - because the
page is very complex, I was using the Firefox "Tidy" add-in to validate
my markup. It told me that that tag was superfluous.

I removed the tag - I got the error. I replaced the tag, the eror went
away! Now I have to go through the HTML to see if that closing DIV
really was superfluous, or whether Tidy was talking b*ll*x. I suspect
the latter.

Cheers Jim

#2 01-05-2006, 04:36 PM

Additionally, for ordinary internet users, if you get this problem,
just switch to Firefox, then you won't get the problem in the first
place.

Jim

#3 01-05-2006, 04:36 PM

Well, that's what i'm wondering -is it just smarter and less frustrating to
switch then constantly be flooded with these problems? But, then, how do i
get rid of ie6?
thanks

"jmlawton@gmail.com" wrote:

> Additionally, for ordinary internet users, if you get this problem,
> just switch to Firefox, then you won't get the problem in the first
> place.
>
> Jim
>
>

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