ie4uinit.exe missing

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  1. Joxx

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    Hi.

    Some days ago I had a bunch of Windows updates including IE11. All installed successfully.
    Today I tried to run IE but it wouldn't. Only a blank page for a few seconds (with the IE tabs on top) which then disappeared.
    I noticed in Autoruns that ie4uinit.exe was not found so I presumed it was a corrupted update and uninstalled it.
    Rebooted and IE10 was back. Tried to run it but no luck, the same blanck screen and the same miss of ie4uinit.exe.
    Any ideas?

    Thanks.
     

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  2. Daveski17

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    Have you tried running a system file check scan?

    Run as 'Admin' in 'Accessories' - 'Command Prompt' (Win Vista/Seven). Type sfc/scannow after the flashing cursor in the (DOS-type) Command Prompt window that opens, then press Enter. It will scan your system for missing or corrupted Microsoft system files. If there are any & you are online it should replace them.
     
  3. Joxx

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    Thanks for the answer.

    Unfortunately the file check scan didn't find a thing.
     
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    It didn't help and it didn't hurt:)
    Thanks for trying.
     
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    Have you tried this?
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...ie-10-on/996efb90-71c0-4378-932d-f3fbe7a132f0
     
  7. Daveski17

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    I'm pretty sure I just typed in sfc/scannow & it worked.


    Just to make sure nobody gets confused: Run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) Microsoft Support

    Plus, as it says at Win 7 Forums If SFC could not fix something, then run the command again to see if it may be able to the next time. Sometimes it may take running the sfc /scannow command 3 or more times to completely fix everything that it's able to.
     
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    You're welcome. Some say that it can help to run it a couple of times. It once found & replaced some missing/corrupted files on a laptop of mine.
     
  9. Joxx

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    Just did, no luck.
    Thanks.
     
  10. Dermot7

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    Pity...anyway, you're welcome Joxx :)
     
  11. Joxx

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    It worked here as well.

    Did it 3 times, no luck.
     
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    I don't ever remember typing it in any different. It has always run for me. It normally doesn't find anything but it's always worth trying. It once found a shed load of things needing replacing on a laptop for me. It rebooted just like an in an update & replaced the files.

    I don't know if this Microsoft Community page helps.
     
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    The missing ie4uinit.exe is just a false report from Autoruns. Seeing as the entry is in the Wow6432Node, Autoruns looks for ie4uinit.exe in the syswow64 directory and as a result doesn't find it.

    sfc/scannow has always been valid syntax when run from the command prompt, it only needs the space when executed from the Run box.
     
  14. Joxx

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    You're right. I just found the .exe in System32, I hadn't scroll down far enough.
    So now the title of this thread is redundant but I'm still without IE. I just updated again to IE11 and it still doesn't work.
     
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    Thanks for the confirmation. I was starting to wonder about that.
     
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    Just a thought, why not roll back all the way to IE9? Then try to update. Failing that all I can think of is to do a system restore to a time before the updates or uninstall the updates & reinstall them one by one to see which one is causing the problems.
     
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    no luck
     
  19. Joxx

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    Didn't know about that one, thanks.
    Unfortunately no luck.
     
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    Somehow I was missing that restore point, but I had one related to HP Support Assistant which updated a couple of days after the Windows updates. I tried it with no luck, some kind of error.
    Now I'm left with a system image I created right after the Windows updates and before the HP ones. I used it and finally things are back to normal.
    So it wasn't a corrupted Windows update after all but probably HP. I'll have to check if I can safely avoid HP updates from now on.

    Thanks a lot to all who helped.
     
  21. Daveski17

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    I'm glad you've got your browser back. You can always hide both Microsoft & non-Microsoft updates.
     
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