Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close - my solution

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"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"

On getting this error I browsed for a solution. There are thousands of
posts telling me to check all my BHOs to run malware checks etc etc, to
update my browser and on and on and on.

Nowhere have I actually seen the solution which I came to - I have a
complex development with Ajax, DOM manipulation and so on. The trigger
for this error, in my case was invalid markup.

At the end of my <body> there was a closing </div> tag - because the
page is very complex, I was using the Firefox "Tidy" add-in to validate
my markup. It told me that that tag was superfluous.

I removed the tag - I got the error. I replaced the tag, the eror went
away! Now I have to go through the HTML to see if that closing DIV
really was superfluous, or whether Tidy was talking b*ll*x. I suspect
the latter.

Cheers Jim
 
Additionally, for ordinary internet users, if you get this problem,
just switch to Firefox, then you won't get the problem in the first
place.

Jim
 
Well, that's what i'm wondering -is it just smarter and less frustrating to
switch then constantly be flooded with these problems? But, then, how do i
get rid of ie6?
thanks
 
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