Yahoo! Messenger Messes Up Explorer...

[Turk]

So I downloaded Yahoo! Messenger today & ever since when I "X" out of Explorer, it shuts slow & I get the Internet Explorer is not working pop-up.

Also, when I open up Explorer, Vista askes me if I want to use Yahoo! Messenger to open it up!!

What is going on...? Any way to fix it...?

Thanks...

 

[OVERKILL]

Did you install the Yahoo toolbar or any other type of "add-on"?

 

[Turk]

I've had the yahoo toolbar from the beginning. No issues until this thing.

 

[GrtArtiste]

Originally Posted By: tpitcher
I've had the yahoo toolbar from the beginning. No issues until this thing.


To each his/her own, but it's been my experience that toolbars-be it Yahoo, Google or anything else-are far more trouble than they are worth.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: GrtArtiste
Originally Posted By: tpitcher
I've had the yahoo toolbar from the beginning. No issues until this thing.


To each his/her own, but it's been my experience that toolbars-be it Yahoo, Google or anything else-are far more trouble than they are worth.


Agreed.

 

[Turk]

Ok, so, how do I get rid of the toolbar...??

Somehow, Google toolbar showed up also.

 

[Turk]

I did the uninstall of the toolbars - still closes slow, cannot close and tries to restart.

Gotta be that darn Messenger.....

 

[OVERKILL]

Run Spybot on it lately? See if it find any nasty BHO's........

 

[Turk]

Ugh.

I uninstalled Yahoo & Google toolbars AND uninstalled Yahoo Messenger - Explorer still has problems closing and if I close 1 window, it automatically closes ALL windows!!

It's Explorer 7 with Vista.

Should I uninstall Explorer & re-install it off the Web...??

 

[GrtArtiste]

I didn't know it was possible to uninstall IE7 from Vista. Are you certain it can be done? If you have a restore point that predates the install of the toolbars, I'd do that. If not and you have to have a working IE, you may need to format and reinstall. If you can live without IE, it may be time to consider Firefox or Opera.