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10 August 2023  Ashley S. Miller  Specialist of Customer Service Dept.
 

Summary
Learn how to resolve the "Internet Explorer has stopped working" error message by following the methods outlined in this article. Don't panic - solutions are just a click away!



Table of contents

table iconI. What is IE?
table iconII. Reasons and solutions for Internet Explorer to stop working
table iconIII. How to back up temporary files of IE regularly?
internet explorer has stopped working

I. What is IE?

Internet Explorer has been around since we all started using the internet. Internet Explorer (IE for short) is an official web browser provided by Microsoft for all Windows operating systems. Before other web browsers such as Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox officially entered the field, IE was the only browser.

II. Reasons and solutions for Internet Explorer to stop working

Internet Explorer’s popularity has declined considerably over the years, but many users still rely on IE. The “Internet Explorer has stopped working” issue is usually caused by low memory or corrupted system files. If you are experiencing this problem, you can solve it by the following methods.

1. Reset Internet Explorer

If you want to solve the error that Windows prompts “Internet Explorer has stopped working”, the easiest way is to reset the settings of IE, you can follow the steps below:
Step 1: Open the IE browser, find the (Settings) function button, and then click to enter (Internet Options).
Step 2: Next switch to (Advanced), and then click the (Reset) button under “Reset Internet Explorer Settings”.
Step 3: A pop-up window will appear at this time, check (delete personal settings) and click the (reset) button again to start executing the IE reset command, which is very convenient.

2. Disable software rendering

In addition to the above methods, you can also try to solve it by disabling software rendering. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Run the IE browser, find the (Settings) function button, and then click to enter (Internet Options).
Step 2: Next, switch to the (Advanced) tab, find and check the (Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering) function in (Accelerated Graphics).

3. Disable unwanted add-ons

Many times, add-ons installed by users can affect the normal use of the browser. Therefore, you can try disabling unnecessary add-ons to see if the problem is resolved. Let’s learn the detailed operation steps together.
Step 1: Run the IE browser, find the (Settings) function button, and then click to enter (Manage Add-ons).
Step 2: Next, right-click on the unwanted add-on and select the (Disable) option.
Disable unwanted add-ons
The above are three relatively common and easy-to-operate solutions, because the IE browser will store a lot of personal data, such as bookmarks, browsing history, cache files, accounts and passwords, and so on. Therefore, before repairing IE errors, in order to avoid data loss or damage, it is recommended that you back up the temporary files of IE browser in advance. Here we recommend you to use Renee Becca to operate. The following is a detailed software function introduction and data backup method.

III. How to back up temporary files of IE regularly?

1. Determine the location of IE temporary files

① Run the IE browser, find the (Settings) function button, and then click to enter (Internet Options).
select internet options
② Next, find (General)-(Settings) in turn and open it.
Open the settings option
③ After that, you can check the storage location of the temporary file in “Current location”. You can also click (View Files) to open the corresponding folder to view temporary files.
View Files
The directory where the temporary files are located

2. Use Renee Becca to back up temporary IE files

Renee Becca It is a tool specially used for system/hard disk data backup and restoration. It can help you back up and restore important data in your computer, such as programs, system configuration, emails, photos, videos, documents, bookmarks, etc. It adopts leading incremental/differential backup technology, which can save you more time and disk space. In addition to system backup, it also supports partition backup, hard disk backup, file backup, and disk cloning to meet your different needs.
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Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Becca on the computer, and select the (File Backup) option in the main interface (Backup) column.
Select Hard Drive/Partition Backup Options
Step 2: Next, select the folder where the IE temporary files are located in (source file (device)), and select the hard disk partition to store the backup data in (destination).
Select hard disk backup device
In addition, in (Task Scheduler), you can make a daily/weekly/monthly automatic backup plan and click (OK) to enable the automatic backup function.
File Backup Automatic Backup Schedule
In (Backup Scheme)-(Scheme Type), you can choose a suitable backup scheme mode according to your personal needs. Renee Becca has 5 backup schemes to choose from, namely version chain mode, single version mode, overall mode, incremental mode and differential mode.
file backup backup plan
Renee Becca has 5 backup plans to choose from:
Version chain mode: Only the latest 5 versions are kept, and useless old versions are automatically deleted after the backup is complete.
Single version mode: Only the most recent version is kept, and the previous version is automatically deleted after the backup is complete.
overall pattern: Create a full backup.
Incremental mode: After the initial full backup, only incremental backups are created.
diff mode: After the initial full backup, only differential backups are created. You can view the difference between incremental backup and differential backup.
Step 3: Finally, click the (Backup Now) button to start executing the backup file command according to your settings, and you can see the progress of all backup tasks on the task bar. After the backup is complete, you can click the (Restore) button to restore the files to the specified hard disk when necessary.
back up now
Step 4: Finally, select the location where the files are to be restored, and click the (Restore) button.
Choose where to restore