Are you facing the same problem what I am facing since many days. Rather I was so frustrated because of this IE crash that I stopped closing IE windows if accidentally open. Just for your information, I use Windows Vista operating system. So it was a combination of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.0. For many days, I assumed it’s the combination that is responsible for this IE crashes. But there was some different reason.

How IE crash used to happen?

At least in my case, when I close the Internet explorer window anytime [whether the window is loading something or stopped loading], IE used to crash in a second. It’s each and every time.

I found out what could be the probable cause?

Most of the times, IE just used to stop without showing any probable cause but just a while back I saw an error related to Skype Add-on. That made me to look into the Add-Ons I have installed for I.E. 7.0. There was Skype Add-on installed to along with others.

How to fix IE crash problem?

• Find out the if you have Skype Add-On installed. You can do that by going to Internet explorer’s options like Tools -> Manage Add-ons -> Enable or Disable Add-ons. Here look for Skype Add-on.
• Disable this Add-on and restart Internet explorer

If still the internet explorer is giving the same problem, you can also remove Skype Add-on.

• Right click on the tool bar [where you are seeing the website tabs]
• Go to Customize Command bar -> Add or Remove commands.
• In this Customize Toolbar window, on right side, you would see “Current toolbar buttons”, move up the “Skype” button by using the “Move up” button on the right
• Close this window, and you shall see the Skype button right in front of you on the tool bar.
• Uninstall the add-in from the add-in menu shown here in this image.



• Restart Internet Explorer and you shall not see this IE crash problem again

Let me know what’s your experience.