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 Internet Explorer won't start - Observer
I'm hoping the good folk who seem so knowledgeable here might be able to help.

PC. The dreaded Vista (Home Premium), 64-bit. Had it quite a few years, as you might guess. Pretty much without issues, strangely.

Yesterday IE won't start. Nothing, no response, neither 32-bit nor 64-bit version. Last time used: maybe a month ago. Skype presents a blank panel instead of the proper log-in - I believe the two issues are related, from what I've read.

I've tried everything that seems sensible from Google searches, including trying to remove IE (not sure that worked), re-installing it, running a Malwarebytes scan (nothing detected).

Cannot disable/re-enable it from the Control Panel, as it doesn't show under "Turn Windows features on or off".

The only Restore Point I had was from a few days back - tried it anyway, but no luck.

I am up to date with all Windows updates - always am, likewise with anti-virus (Avast).

Don't tell me to reinstall Vista - I don't have a disk.

Another odd thing - possibly related: if I click the Start button and try to do a search from there it doesn't work and I get the message "search: query... Catastrophic failure".
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 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 13:12
 Internet Explorer won't start new smokie 9 Jul 15 13:51
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 14:01
 Internet Explorer won't start new Stuartli 9 Jul 15 14:17
 Internet Explorer won't start new No FM2R 9 Jul 15 14:19
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 22:14
 Internet Explorer won't start new Focusless 9 Jul 15 14:20
 Internet Explorer won't start new smokie 9 Jul 15 14:45
 Internet Explorer won't start new devonite 9 Jul 15 14:53
 Internet Explorer won't start new Focusless 9 Jul 15 14:58
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 17:40
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 22:19
 Internet Explorer won't start new Zero 9 Jul 15 15:12
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 17:39
 Internet Explorer won't start new smokie 9 Jul 15 19:31
 Internet Explorer won't start new Zero 9 Jul 15 19:46
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 22:20
 Internet Explorer won't start new Zero 9 Jul 15 22:46
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 23:17
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 9 Jul 15 22:19
 Internet Explorer won't start new No FM2R 10 Jul 15 03:49
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 10 Jul 15 10:07
 Internet Explorer won't start new No FM2R 10 Jul 15 21:24
 Internet Explorer won't start new smokie 10 Jul 15 22:46
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 11 Jul 15 16:56
 Internet Explorer won't start new smokie 11 Jul 15 18:34
 Internet Explorer won't start new Observer 11 Jul 15 19:26
 Internet Explorer won't star.. new smokie 12 Jul 15 00:42
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 Internet Explorer won't start new smokie 13 Jul 15 10:31
 Internet Explorer won't start new Zero 13 Jul 15 10:35
 Internet Explorer won't start new No FM2R 13 Jul 15 20:28
  
 Internet Explorer won't star.. new No FM2R 13 Jul 15 20:37
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