FIX: Internet Explorer crashes when you try to open a new Internet Explorer window after you close a previous Internet Explorer window that displayed one or more XSL transformations

When you try to open a new Microsoft Internet Explorer window after you close a previous Internet Explorer window, Internet Explorer crashes.

This problem occurs when the previous Internet Explorer window displayed one or more XSL transformations.

This problem occurs when the Microsoft XML Parser version 3.0 (MSXML 3.0) throws an access violation during the XSL transformation. The access violation is caught by error handling. However, the Internet Explorer threads remain corrupted. When the Internet Explorer threads are corrupted, Internet Explorer crashes the next time that you try to open a new Internet Explorer window.

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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