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Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not?

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Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? alleman 11/21/09 1:36 PM I don't have an error messege, I do't know the version of Chorme because is never ever starting!!!!!! I can confirme, I was installed without problems the last version from 21.11.2009 and is not the BETA! I intalled Chrome several times in the last m
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? wár17 § 11/21/09 3:13 PM Change the shortcut to open Chrome. It should be "C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" if you are using Windows XP
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? alleman 11/21/09 5:03 PM Dear wár17 § thank you for your quick answer. I confirm that in my shortcut the path in the [Target] field is "C:\Documents and Settings\Calin\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" and in the [Start in] field is “C:\Do
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? wár17 § 11/21/09 8:34 PM You may have malware. Run http://www.malwarebytes.org
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? alleman 11/22/09 3:58 AM Dear wár17 § thank you for help and support. Indeed I had some malware problems in some registry. Thanks a lot for the hint! Now it works fine...I hope in the future too, because one time in the past I was trying to clean the PC from such malware, I
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? Ronald Knecht 7/10/10 2:47 PM Do have the same problem. Can you be more specific than that ? http://www.malwarebytes.org does not work. What "malware" are you talking about ?
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? wár17 § 7/10/10 4:04 PM Ronald, do you have the same exact problem?  When you click on Chrome shortcut, IE opens instead?  What version of Chrome and operating system are you using? Did you check the properties of your Chrome shortcut and it leads to Chrome, and not IE exec
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? JJMarino 7/18/10 2:12 PM any thing solve this yet??
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? Panko57 9/28/10 1:29 PM In my case it was the following Registry Key: Registry Keys Infected: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\Userinit.exe (Security.Hijack) - Malwarebytes found the entry, Kaspersky and AV did no
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? jenniferwgr 9/29/10 7:31 AM I have the opposite problem.  I have Chrome installed on my computer, as well as IE.  When I try to open up a page in IE, it automatically opens up a new window or tab in Chrome! Please help.  Could this also be a malware issue?
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? LuizEdgar 11/4/10 7:12 AM I have the same problem! When a try to open Chrome and Firefox browsers, the f*** IE opens! Help please!!
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? alleman 11/4/10 8:34 AM The only solution that worked for me was "Reinstalling Windows". The only one! I was trying all the solutions provided on Internet, but nothing. Therefore...
Re: Why every time I try to open Chrome, IE is starting and Chrome not? navin.smg 4/8/11 4:24 AM Running Malwarebytes fixed the problem for me. It's a good fix.