Dr. Watson Error in Iexplore.exe When Quitting Internet Explorer

ID: Q173583

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you quit Internet Explorer after hosting an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file, you may receive the following Dr. Watson error message:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.
IEXPLORE.exe

RESOLUTION

Please contact Adobe for information about resolving this issue.

MORE INFORMATION

Internet Explorer can host Adobe Acrobat PDF files using the Adobe Acrobat 3.0 Reader ActiveX control.

For more information about Internet Explorer and hosting issues, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q172835 Dr. Watson Error Message After Closing Internet Explorer

Q162059 Opening Office Documents in Own Program from Internet Explorer

Q174893 Troubleshooting In-Place Activation in Internet Explorer

Additional query words: gpf general protection fault

Keywords : kberrmsg msient
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
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