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Freecell And The IE6 Dilema



Carey Holzman
Contributing Writer
2003-06-17

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Dear Carey,

Ever since I upgraded my IE to 6.0, freecell won't work in Windows. As soon as I uninstalled it, it works again, but I'd like to know if there's a way to fix this problem.

Thanks !!


There does appear to be a lot of people affected by this problem but no word has come from Microsoft officially. Some people have had luck getting Freecell to work by closing down items running in the background one at a time and until Freecell works.

You can do this by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL one time. The task manager will appear. Click once on any item EXCEPT Explorer and SysTray. As for all the others, select one and click END TASK. Try Freecell. Repeat this process until either Freecell works or you have removed all items except for Explorer and SysTray.

If it starts to work, please let me know which item you had to shut down for it to work properly. If it does not work, just stick with Internet Explorer 5.5 with the latest Service Pack. And feel free to call or e-mail Microsoft technical support.

Thanks for writing!

Carey



About the Author:
Carey Holzman owns and operates Discount Computer Repair (602-527-9723) in Phoenix, Arizona, where he offers repairs, upgrades, custom built PCs and network wiring at highly competitive pricing. His networking tips have appeared in David Strom's book, The Home Networking Survival Guide (McGraw/Hill), and his own book on PC maintenance is currently available at local book stores, amazon.com or directly through him. His free informative web site can be found at http://www.careyholzman.com. Donate $30 to help maintain his site and you'll get a free autographed copy of his book. Carey can be reached directly at carey@careyholzman.com.

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