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

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This article was previously published under Q173583

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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

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Resolution

Please contact Adobe for information about resolving this issue.

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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:
172835� Dr. Watson Error Message After Closing Internet Explorer

162059� Opening Office Documents in Own Program from Internet Explorer

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Keywords: KB173583, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 173583
Revision : 3
Created on : 12/5/2003
Published on : 12/5/2003
Exists online : False
Views : 530