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

ID: Q173583

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.02 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:

   ARTICLE-ID : Q172835
   TITLE      : Dr. Watson Error Message After Closing Internet Explorer

   ARTICLE-ID : Q162059
   TITLE      : Opening Office Documents in Own Program from Internet
                Explorer

   ARTICLE-ID : Q174893
   TITLE      : Troubleshooting In-Place Activation in Internet Explorer

Additional query words: gpf general protection fault

Keywords          : kberrmsg msient 
Version           : WINDOWS:3.02
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: April 8, 1998