InfoPath.exe stops working when you press an arrow key on a computer that has Internet Explorer 8 installed

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a computer that has Windows Internet Explorer 8 installed.
• You design an InfoPath Form Template (.xsn) file in Microsoft InfoPath Designer 2010 or in Design Mode of Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007.
• You press an arrow key to move the pointer from one header column in a repeating table to another element.

In this scenario, InfoPath.exe stops responding. Additionally, you receive one of the following two error messages:

• In Microsoft InfoPath Designer 2010:
  Microsoft InfoPath has stopped working
• In Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007:
  Microsoft Office InfoPath has stopped working

This issue occurs because of an error in Internet Explorer 8.

Security update information

To resolve this problem, install the most recent cumulative security update for Windows Internet Explorer. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Windows Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note This update was first included in security update 982381 (MS10-035). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: