{"id":15940,"date":"2014-01-24T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=15940"},"modified":"2014-01-24T13:12:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T13:12:07","slug":"internet-explorer-11-freezes-with-your-last-browsing-session-closed-unexpectedly-no-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=15940","title":{"rendered":"Internet Explorer 11 Freezes With \u201cYour Last Browsing Session Closed Unexpectedly\u201d (Workaround)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m in an IE hating kind of mood this week. For no reason, IE11 decided to die on my new laptop on Thursday. That\u2019s forced me back into the hands of Google (I find Firefox to be the worst to use of the 3 big browsers).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening? When I open IE11 it comes up with \u201cYour last browsing session closed unexpectedly\u201d. And then it locks up. I\u2019ve reset IE and I\u2019ve deleted all items. I\u2019ve disabled all plugins and no joy.<\/p>\n

One thing I found was interesting: I reset the home page to the default. IE opens just fine then. But try to browse to a page and it freezes before the page can load. It\u2019s as if the rendering of the page is causing the issue.<\/p>\n

A nice suggestion I got via twitter from Tero Alhonen<\/a> was to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Disable Browser sync via PC Settings > SkyDrive > Sync Settings <\/li>\n
  2. Uninstall IE from Programs & Features > Windows Features <\/li>\n
  3. Reboot <\/li>\n
  4. Reinstall IE <\/li>\n
  5. Reboot <\/li>\n
  6. Re-test <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why try this? Because a new test user on the same machine has no issues.<\/p>\n

    No joy.<\/p>\n

    I have also tried removing and recreating my user. That, in my opinion, is going too far to fix this issue, and although I could go to some extremes down this path, I am not willing to do so. Why the frak should I? A browser should just damned well work.<\/p>\n

    BTW, I have found plenty of people on forums having the same issue for months. A few seem to have resolved their issue by installing a new NVIDIA graphics driver. My Yoga\u2019s devices are up to date and it has a Intel HD graphics.<\/p>\n

    So IE11 is now dead (literally) to me. And MSFT wonders why Win8x isn\u2019t doing well \u2026.<\/p>\n

    EDIT:<\/p>\n

    A quick update. Most sites will not load, e.g. Bing or Google. Some (a very few) load slowly, e.g. independent.ie. This leads me to think that there is a rendering issue in IE11 that is specific to my user profile, and was synced in via Skydrive.<\/p>\n

    EDIT 2:<\/p>\n

    Tero came back to me with another idea. Disable GPU rendering in the advanced IE settings. I opened up Internet Options in Control Panel and checked Use Software Rendering Instead Of GPU Rendering. I started up IE and pages are opening as expected. Thanks Tero<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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