Explorer replaces I.E. ?

[JayBWild]

After not using I.E. for some time I have noticed when I do use it the shell for explorer tries to access the internet instead of I.E. I cant backtrack when it happend but think it might have something to do with a soft called safeXP or from windows update patch. I have been using firefox/opera instead.

I can load I.E. initially but then explorer tries to access the internet instead, does anyone know any reg tweaks I can use to point to iexporer instead of explorer or any utils/tweaks soft which could fix this???

Dont think this is virus/trojan/spyware related.

There again does it matter if explorer is now internet explorer.

Any thoughts or fixes appreciated.

[Alanoll]

explorer.exe contains a good chunk of the IE core. Back in Windows 98, Microsoft merged teh line between the two. Whatever Security fixes there are for IE, you should sitll apply them as they will patch flaws in explorer.exe, but it should cause no problems using it instead of iexplore.exe

[JayBWild]

Thanx Alanoll but it does concern me why explorer is accessing the internet instead I.E. I will attempt repair the change somehow. It doesnt fill me with confidence when I do use IE.