IE8 Hangs on "Add to Favorites"
I installed ie8 on Vista Ultimate a few days ago, upgrading from IE7. Every time I try to add a site to Favorites, it freezes. Task manager shows IE using about 48% CPU on my dual-core machine. Waiting does no good.
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Are you running spybot? I've seen reports of IE8 sometimes appearing to hang when spybot kicks in for something (e.g. adding to favourites... maybe)
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No. I run Kaspersky and Windows Firewall. I've had the PC for about a year, and had no problems like this one until exactly when I upgraded to IE8. BTW, I'm a software developer & run a pretty clean PC, even if I've got loads of applications loaded.
We do have a couple of apps which interact with IE -- one is MS CRM 4.0, another is Office Communicator (Live Meeting client.)
The hang is consistent -- every time I try to use Add to Favorites. For now, I've been manually creating new shortcuts in the Favorites folders, which is not a problem.
We do have a couple of apps which interact with IE -- one is MS CRM 4.0, another is Office Communicator (Live Meeting client.)
The hang is consistent -- every time I try to use Add to Favorites. For now, I've been manually creating new shortcuts in the Favorites folders, which is not a problem.
Are you using a beta or final release?
Is your favorites folder in the default location?
Do you have any add ons? if so try disabling them and trying again
or clicking... Programs> Accessories> System tools> Internet Explorer (no add-ons)
Is your favorites folder in the default location?
Do you have any add ons? if so try disabling them and trying again
or clicking... Programs> Accessories> System tools> Internet Explorer (no add-ons)
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I'm using the gold release. Favorites is in default location. I tried disabling add-ons, using your method (funny, I had never noticed that menu pick before) but it still hangs.
BTW, I've got UAC totally disabled.
BTW, I've got UAC totally disabled.
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I've got the same version as you.
I'm not big on re-installs -- in my experience they very rarely fix a problem (although I very vaguely remember doing one extra boot during an install recently -- it might have been for IE8). We run BMC's Application Problem Resolution software here (previously known as AppSight or Identify Corp's Black Box.} I'm going to try to profiel the app & see if I can find out what it's trying to do while it's hung. I may not have results to post until tomorrow -- but if you can think of anything else, let me know.
I'm not big on re-installs -- in my experience they very rarely fix a problem (although I very vaguely remember doing one extra boot during an install recently -- it might have been for IE8). We run BMC's Application Problem Resolution software here (previously known as AppSight or Identify Corp's Black Box.} I'm going to try to profiel the app & see if I can find out what it's trying to do while it's hung. I may not have results to post until tomorrow -- but if you can think of anything else, let me know.
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