Follow these steps if you need them to open Notepad:

1. Click Start, and then click Start Search.
2. Type Notepad in the Start Searchbox.
3. Click OK. A blank Notepad window opens.

Next, you must create a command script to reregister Internet Explorer program files. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Carefully select and then copy the following commands to the Windows clipboard.
   
   regsvr32 /u /s urlmon.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s mshtml.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s shdocvw.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s browseui.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s jscript.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s vbscript.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s scrrun.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s msxml.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s actxprxy.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s softpub.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s wintrust.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s dssenh.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s rsaenh.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s gpkcsp.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s sccbase.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s slbcsp.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s cryptdlg.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s oleaut32.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s ole32.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s shell32.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s initpki.dll
   regsvr32 /u /s msjava.dll
   regsvr32 /s urlmon.dll
   regsvr32 /s mshtml.dll
   regsvr32 /s shdocvw.dll
   regsvr32 /s browseui.dll
   regsvr32 /s jscript.dll
   regsvr32 /s vbscript.dll
   regsvr32 /s scrrun.dll
   regsvr32 /s msxml.dll
   regsvr32 /s actxprxy.dll
   regsvr32 /s softpub.dll
   regsvr32 /s wintrust.dll
   regsvr32 /s dssenh.dll
   regsvr32 /s rsaenh.dll
   regsvr32 /s gpkcsp.dll
   regsvr32 /s sccbase.dll
   regsvr32 /s slbcsp.dll
   regsvr32 /s cryptdlg.dll
   regsvr32 /s oleaut32.dll
   regsvr32 /s ole32.dll
   regsvr32 /s shell32.dll
   regsvr32 /s initpki.dll
   regsvr32 /s msjava.dll
   
2. In Notepad, click Edit and then click Paste to paste these commands into Notepad.
3. On the File menu, click Save.
4. Carefully copy and then paste the following path and file name in the File name box:
   
   c:\reregisterie.cmd
    
5. Click Save to create the command script.

1. Click Start and then click Start Search.
2. Type c:\reregisterie.cmd, and then press ENTER. A Command Prompt window will open to run the script and then close.
3. Restart Windows.

If this method worked

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If this method did not work

If this method did not work, start Windows by using a clean boot and see if the problem is resolved. If a clean boot works, you have an application running in normal startup that is causing the problem.

• How to configure Windows Vista to start in a "clean boot" state

If a clean boot does not work, try to reinstall Internet Explorer files or contact support. To reinstall Internet Explorer files,reinstall the latest service pack for Windows Vista or install Internet Explorer 8.