being a vista *shudder* user, internet explorer stops working a lot. I just wrote a short batch file in order to force a shutdown of IE, instead of having to go ctr+alt+del, or waiting forever for it to close itself. heres the code:
"@ECHO off

ECHO Y = Yes
ECHO N = No
ECHO Q = Quit


SET yesInput=Y
SET noInput=N
SET nInput=n
SET QInput=Q

ECHO force shutdown? Y/N/Q
SET /p var=

IF %var% EQU %noInput% GOTO second
IF %var% EQU %nInput% GOTO second
IF %var% EQU %QInput% GOTO end
IF %var% EQU %yesInput% GOTO kill

:kill
ECHO forcing termination...
taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe
PAUSE
EXIT

:second
ECHO try to shutdown without force? Y/N/Q
SET /p var=

IF %var% EQU %noInput% GOTO end
IF %var% EQU %nInput% GOTO end
IF %var% EQU %QInput% GOTO end
IF %var% EQU %yesInput% GOTO stop

:stop
ECHO attempting to stop without force...
taskkill /IM iexplore.exe
PAUSE
EXIT

:end
EXIT"

It worked basically perfectly, EXCEPT that when i tried to restart explorer, it was extremely SLOW; i tried several more times and it stayed very slow. Is This because of the way i closed it, or it is just something normal? any help or IDEAS are APPRECIATED. thanks! I use Vista at work, and never have problems with Internet Explorer. (Using IE7.)

I'm not being critical, but perhaps there is a problem that is not just the fact that you're using IE and Vista.thanks. your probably right. i use IE8 (perhaps the problem) but i just wanted to know if there was any possibity that using the code i did, i somehow worsened the problem. thanks!You're on the right track. Lots of folks here who will take a look at your code for you.k. thanks!