Article ID: 166465
When you attempt to start Internet Explorer, the mouse pointer may change to the Working In Background or Busy pointer and then back to the normal pointer, but Internet Explorer may not start.
The EnforceShellExtensionSecurity registry option has been set and Internet Explorer does not register itself as an approved shell extension in the registry.
To resolve this issue, create a file named Enabie3.reg that contains the following four lines:
After you create and save this file, double-click it in Windows NT Explorer. A message will appear stating that the information in the Enabie3.reg file has been entered into the registry.
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
To restrict which shell extensions can be run on a Windows NT server or workstation, you can add "EnforceShellExtensionSecurity=0x1" to the following registry key using a policy or Registry Editor:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerHowever, Internet Explorer does not resister itself in the following key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approvedand as a result is unable to run.
Article ID: 166465 - Last Review: June 22, 2014 - Revision: 5.0
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