Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate with latest patches applied.  I keep getting 
errors popping up saying "This tab has been recovered...."  This occurs 
even when IE does not appear to be running.  The errors just appear on 
my desktop even when nothing is running.

After checking further I see that I have about a dozen or more 
iexplore.exe 32 bit versions still running in Task Manager.  These must 
be what is throwing the errors and the number of IEs still running 
appears to be somewhat equal to the number of times I have opened IE and 
closed it.  I have not seen any errors when closing IE, however it 
appears that it is not closing entirely.

Multiple instances of iexplore.exe run when using Internet Explorer 8 - The 
Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/multiple-instances-of-iexploreexe-run-when-using-internet-explorer-8/

Do you see the behavior in IE8 32-bit and IE8 64-bit?

1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE8 32-bit and/or IE8 64-bit in No 
Add-ons mode?

   => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet 
Explorer (No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to IE7 & 
IE8 in all OSS]
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings

3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your 
subscription current?  What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? 
What third-party firewall (if any)?

4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this 
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought 
it)?
-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002



JordanN wrote:
> Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate with latest patches applied.  I keep getting
> errors popping up saying "This tab has been recovered...."  This occurs
> even when IE does not appear to be running.  The errors just appear on
> my desktop even when nothing is running.
>
> After checking further I see that I have about a dozen or more
> iexplore.exe 32 bit versions still running in Task Manager.  These must
> be what is throwing the errors and the number of IEs still running
> appears to be somewhat equal to the number of times I have opened IE and
> closed it.  I have not seen any errors when closing IE, however it
> appears that it is not closing entirely. 

It looks like resetting IE defaults fixed the issue, but I don't recall 
changing anything.

Thanks.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:#NQ6Sp4xKHA.5132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Multiple instances of iexplore.exe run when using Internet Explorer 8 - 
> The Winhelponline Blog:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/multiple-instances-of-iexploreexe-run-when-using-internet-explorer-8/
>
> Do you see the behavior in IE8 32-bit and IE8 64-bit?
>
> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE8 32-bit and/or IE8 64-bit in 
> No Add-ons mode?
>
>   => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet 
> Explorer (No add-ons).
>
> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to IE7 
> & IE8 in all OSS]
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>
> 2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings
>
> 3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your 
> subscription current?  What anti-spyware applications (other than 
> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
>
> 4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this 
> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought 
> it)?
> -- 
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
>
> JordanN wrote:
>> Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate with latest patches applied.  I keep getting
>> errors popping up saying "This tab has been recovered...."  This occurs
>> even when IE does not appear to be running.  The errors just appear on
>> my desktop even when nothing is running.
>>
>> After checking further I see that I have about a dozen or more
>> iexplore.exe 32 bit versions still running in Task Manager.  These must
>> be what is throwing the errors and the number of IEs still running
>> appears to be somewhat equal to the number of times I have opened IE and
>> closed it.  I have not seen any errors when closing IE, however it
>> appears that it is not closing entirely.
>