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"A Runtime Error has occurred" error message when you view Web pages in Internet Explorer after you install Office 2003

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Article ID:822521
Last Review:February 23, 2007
Revision:2.12
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SUMMARY

When you try to view Web pages in the Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may receive an error message. This article contains step-by-step methods to try that may help you resolve this issue and view Web pages without error.

This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.

You may find it easier to follow the steps if you print this article first.

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Symptoms of the problem

When you try to view Web pages in the Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
Error
A Runtime Error has occurred.
Do you wish to Debug?
Line: line number
Error: nature of script error
You were not prompted to debug Web pages before you installed Microsoft Office 2003.

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Steps to resolve the problem

To resolve this behavior, you must reconfigure the Internet Explorer script debugging options. The script debugging options may have been turned on when you installed Office 2003.

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Step 1: Start Internet Explorer

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

Start menu

2. In the Open box, type Iexplore.exe, and then click OK.

Run dialog box

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Step 2: Turn off script debugging

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

Internet Explorer

2. In the Internet Options dialog box, click Advanced.

Internet Options dialog box

3. Click to select the Disable script debugging check boxes.

"Disable script debugging" check box

4. Click to clear the Display a notification about every script error check box.

"Display a notification about every script error" check box

5. Click OK.

Internet Options dialog box

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
•Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Excel 2003
•Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
•Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
•Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
•Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
•Microsoft Office Word 2003
•Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Access 2003

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