How to Fix “Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Internet Site- Operation Aborted” Error
ADVERTISEMENTSOf late few of my blog readers using Internet explorer pointed out to me that there was some error happening while loading my blog in IE. Around 25% of my readers use Internet Explorer to read my blog. I check my blog frequently in IE and many times I too encountered this error, but initially I thought it was some error in my browser. The error is really frustrating as it shows only in IE and not in Firefox or Opera or any other browser for that matter.
The nature of error is that it shows up when the site is loads completely. This is what you see when the error occurs.
Once you click OK, the page is replaced with “The Page cannot be Displayed” error. How to fix this error?
A bit of Googling gave me some idea into this error. This error can happen because of many reasons. Microsoft has even a patch for solving this error in IE.
1. This error can happen if Google Map API is present in the code. If you are getting this error because of Google Map API, then the fix for the problem is available here.
2. If you are not using Google API and still getting the error, then it could be because of this reason.
It is not possible append to the BODY element from script that isn’t a direct child to the BODY element
If there are any Javascripts running inside the body tag or inside a table which is directly a child of body, then most of the times this error is bound to happen. The solution is to move the script to the top or bottom of the body tag or even moving it after the body. The script can also be put inside a function and then calling it from window.onload. Another solution to this problem is to add defer=”defer” in the script tag.
I checked my code for scripts which were running inside the body tag and was a direct child to it. Then I moved all my Javascript codes to bottom of the body tag so that it will not interfere while parsing the page. I tested my blog in IE after I made the change and I could see the difference, the error was not happening any more. I checked in different versions of IE to confirm. In case you are using IE and still getting the error on my blog, please do inform me.
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Aug 8th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I use firefox. So I don’t see any problems in your blog. But this may come to use when my blog’s IE readers complain me of same error in my blog. Thanks for the solution. Bookmarked and stumbled!
Aug 8th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
The easiest way is to switch to Firefox
Believe me, I just don’t understand why people are still stuck with IE. 
Aug 8th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
@Nuts & Milk,
Firefox is best one and popular among bloggers, but IE is still the most popular browser. Although I dont use IE, I corrected this error for the 25% of my site visitors.
Aug 8th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
This solution is too precisew. But u know thgis error does not happen everytime. I face this error during a specific period at around 3 am to 5 am in the morning. And this also sometimes happen to the dashbord area in my admin panel.
Aug 8th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
@Ajay,
If it happens to your dashboard also, then I think you should try the Microsoft patch. Check this page for more details.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Thank you for pointing this out, it was exactly the problem I found when investigating about my loss of visits.
All I have to say is, I Hate Internet Explorer.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Internet Explorer never learn well from firefox. Or they should let Firefox “eat” them and become one!
Aug 9th, 2007 at 9:06 am
It doesnt occur every time when a page is loaded in to the browser, It does happen only few times, once the error occurs, if you reload it once, then the problem should not arise, May be there could be another reason
Aug 9th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Thanks Nirmal,
Thanks a lot for sharing, I was irritated with those CANNOT FIND errors when go to dataone.in for checking my bandwidth usage on IE.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
@Andrea,
Hope you fixed the problem.
@Praveen,
Its does not occur every time and reloading the page solves the problem. This was the same case with me. A script inside the body was causing this error.
@Rishi,
Glad that it was useful for you.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
*gasp* You need to start pimping Firefox/Flock and Opera more in your posts to help remedy this problem.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
@Kyle,
That was a nice suggestion. BTW what the IE percentage in your blog? 
Aug 9th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
IE is still a popular browser in general public, and you can not ignore IE visitors.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
@Ashok,
I completely agree with you, IE is the popular browser among general public although Firefox rules among bloggers.
Aug 9th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Thanks for this Nirmal , i was facing this problem with your blog and with sizlopedia too. I didnt think of informing you as i thought there was a problem with my computer .Now hopefully it will be fixed .
Aug 9th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
@Madhur,
Initially I too had the impression that it was my computer problem, when many of the readers told me about this, I tried to investigate and found the reason. I hope the errors are not coming now in my blog.
Sep 8th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Thanks for the tips. I solved my problem by adding defer=”defer” in the java script tag.
Sep 12th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
i often get such error’s .thanx for sharing..
Oct 21st, 2007 at 2:03 am
whats a javascript??how do i get there.or how do i go there in my computer???
Nov 13th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Thanx for the solution!! It solved my problem too
Nov 26th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Ok, here’s a twist -
there is a site that gives me the error when I go there directly , but doesn’t when I go through an anonymous proxy (both cases using IE explorer) Any thoughts on that? I’m wondering if this ner-do-well is somehow using this as a way to screen by IP…
Nov 27th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
@Gendron,
It may be due to the fact that proxies may be blocking scripts, so it may not show the error.
Dec 10th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
hi
i had the same bug in my code and once i put the inline javascript at the end of body tag it started working fine.
thx.
Dec 13th, 2007 at 4:12 am
defer=”defer” solved my problem with IE 7. Thanks for sharing.
Dec 24th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Hello, I’ve read your fix, but I’m afraid I still don’t understand.
I’ve been using the same webpage for the past two years as my homepage, and just today it started giving me this error. I did not make the script for the page, all I do is run the account (deviantART). It involves no script editing, and from all the googling I’ve done, every person with this problem has it on a page that involves something where they control it.
I’m not very computer savvy when it comes to code, but give me a link and I can follow instructions! Speaking of which, do you have a link to the Microsoft fix? I cann’t find it and am very frustrated that I can’t check my deviantART messages because of a stupid glitch.
Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
@Pink,
I’ll try out the Microsoft patch. I dont have the link for it, but will post it soon. Let me search for it.
Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
@Pink,
I didnt get any errors when I checked your webpage!
Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Thank you for looking for the link - and thank you again for letting me know that it’s just me.
I await your responce!
Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
@Pink,
I think you can try moving the Google analytics script below the body tag.
Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Dec 24th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
@Pink,
I think you can contact DA and tell the problem if you dont have control of the settings.
Mar 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Some other sites give me this error but not yours.
Mar 26th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Also…. Never put a style (inline in my case) of white-space:nowrap; on a element, because you will get the same error. Learned this after a whole day of ripping a page apart today.
Mar 26th, 2008 at 5:35 am
.. on a “textarea” element that is, didn’t come through in my last comment.
Apr 8th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Hi, Thank you for your solution. I also wanted to let you know that I am currently facing JavaScript error in IE on your website.
Apr 18th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Am getting this error on Gmail after logging into it, so am stuck with a blank page at - http://mail.google.com/mail/
Dunno who to blame, Gmail or Microsoft
Apr 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 am
Getting this as well when logging ONTO GMAIL. A single reload usually does fix it, but sometimes even reloading doesn’t work.
Since I have no control over Gmail code, telling me to mess with the body tag is NOT an option.
Also, unfortunately using a different browser is NOT an option for me since my employer relies heavily on MS technology.
That being said, I should also point out that I NEVER installed anything google (API or otherwise) on any of my machines, so I don’t see how the google API fix will solve anything.
Can someone please help?
Apr 28th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I’m also having the same problem………..
Apr 28th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I have both IE and Firefox but I like IE because it displays web pages very nicely.
Firefox has a very coarse display. The web text and graphics simply don’t display as nicely as in IE.
If anyone knows why that is so please drop me a mail. - dar(dot)millionaire(at)gmail(dot)com
Apr 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
i am also getting the same problem when i log in to gmail using IE7. what i do is delete the history, temporary internet files and the forms and then my mail loads properly. but after i sign out and sign in again, i get the same error message and i have to do the deleting of history, temporary internet files, etc. all over again.
how do i permanently solve this problem?
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Simply use Firefox. It helps u.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Hello,
I am having the problem while using mootools.
The article here http://talk.cmyweb.net/2008/01.....d-solution solves everything.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Hi,
I’m getting the same problem too. Can someone please provide the step-by-step to change the defer=”defer” in the java script tag.
Thanks…….
May 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I had this error where in the onmouseover event of elements on my page was code referencing other elements by ID. No mouseovers should occur untill the page is entirely loaded. When I load the page while the mouse is already on the position where the element will be rendered that has an ‘onmouseover’ event, this error occured. I solved it by disabling all onmouseover code untill a flag startMouseOvers was set to true in the body.onload event.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Hi,
I am getting the same problem. I am using FreeTextBox editor in my page. I am not using any javascript block. The text editor calls javascript files internally.
Please Help.
Thanks.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
i am hving problem in my IE. It shows IE has encountered proble and needs to close. Will you be kind enough to let me know the remedy.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
How to install FireFox? I m having IE . Do I have to uninstall it first or Can I run both concurrently. Plz explin.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Do I have to upgrade to SP3 s my XPSP2 is running well and good. What are the benefits of SP3 . Is it really necessary to install SP 3. Plz intimate
May 26th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
@Purann,
You can install Firefox from here- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
Jun 5th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Where can I find the Microsoft patch for IE7? The one mentioned above is for IE6.
Jun 13th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Hi,
I have this problem when accessing a web application which I test using a testing tool, and the error occurs only when I am recording the applications (business process), but not when I am just browsing through it. Do you know what might becausing it.
Thanks.
Jul 24th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Hey guys.
Ive spent HOURS and HOURS and HOURS trying to fix this.
I did everything any1 could think of!
On my page, i have at least 10 scripts. mootools, lightbox, and some other marketing scripts.
The FLV Video was loading and working 100% fine on Firefox.
but it wouldnt load on IE!
When i added the defer=”defer” something else would stop working.
The window.addEvent(’domready’ and ‘load’) did not work…
anyhow, nothing worked!
THE SOLUTION IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take your all the way to
OUT OF THE BODY TAG!
This is one of the reasons that it doesnt work.
Now…
Put the script inside the HEAD TAG!
function startvideo()
{
var s1 = new SWFObject(’player.swf’,’ply’,’210?,’170?,’9?,’#FFFFFF’);
etc…
IMPORTANT!!!
Now on the Body tag, add the following:
AND THERE YOU GO!
cheers!
Jul 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Hi I am experiencing this problem - all pages where we have Google Map on doesn’t work and instead gives the error message above…
The link above to fix the problem doesn’t seem to work from my location… the link to ryangrant.net - Can anyone put in the colution in this blog insted… and remember to quote Ryan Grant for it? Thanks…
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 am
Hello, I’m getting the error message when I checked your site on IE Version 7.0.6000 (WinVista). On Firefox is okay. I’m having the same problems with my blog. I didn’t change anything, just added a new post then problem started happening.
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Hi Nirmal. I am getting same error in your website in IE 6. Please check.. Thanks
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 7:55 am
Probably it is happening due to sitemeter code which you are using in your footer. I was also using the same and getting the error, now I have removed the sitemeter code. My blog abhisays.com is now working fine in IE 6.
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 am
So annoying this problem. I just noticed this same thing happening on my site. Your site by the way still has the same error in microsoft explorer. Same horrible error. ugh! I have found nothing that fixes this yet. Really frustrated about it and loosing a lot of traffic and visitors because of it
My site works great in firefox.
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
@Abhishek Kumar,
Yea Sitemeter was causing the issue. I think HTML version will solve the problem.
@Anthony,
I have corrected the error on my blog.
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
This will give you all a definite fix. Go to tools: Internet options: security : Under restricted sites add this site : http://*.sitemeter.com , hit close and you’re all set!
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
To everybody who started getting this error just yesterday or today, check to see if your website is using the tracking software Sitemeter. Their javascript version is now dishing out this error to every IE users and it’s hit big sites such as Mashable and Perez Hilton among thousands of others. To fix it, simply remove the tracking code altogether or switch to their plain HTML version.
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
How to fix the bug, especially on August 2nd in relation with Sitemeter (7 methods, plus the cause explained): http://motls.blogspot.com/2008.....meter.html
Aug 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 am
Thanks for all your input - YES! This exact problem started happening to me yesterday on my own web site and I thought the server was down but it wan’t. So I installed Firefox and all was good. Then I upgraded to IE 7 and the problem persisted.
I think you are right. It’s the sitemeter code but I don’t know how to fix it.
Here is my code - can you tell me what to do?
Any help is deeply appreciated!
Dee
Aug 7th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Still I am getting the operation aborted error on IE
6.0.2900.2180.xpsa_sp2_rtm.040803-2158. It resolved on mozilla and IE 7. Please reply me.
Aug 9th, 2008 at 12:54 am
I added the defer=”defer” code to my Javascripts, which fixed the IE not loading issue, but the fix turned off all the scripts! It’s not 100% effective for me. Is there another way?
Aug 14th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Just to say, if anyone is still having this problem and using maps.google.com, have a look at the google api version the url is referencing. The “v” query param specifies the version. Use version 2.118 (as in &v=2.118). You have to be version specific here. This version *does* work with IE6. Just stating “&v=2″ will NOT work.
Hope this helps someone
Aug 18th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Another cause for this error message:
Having a self-closed (div) tag near Javascript may cause this error.
Having developed an app to run as application/xml+xhtml in Firefox, I needed to back-port it so it also runs in IE. Self-closing divs are allowed in XHTML 1.1 when served as application/xml+xhtml, but IE chokes when it sees those when served as text/html.
if you’re having this problem, check for any unusual self-closed tags ().
Aug 26th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
the problem can also occur if you use a ‘domready’ in a window.addevent. Try using ‘load’ instead.
Sep 10th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Thanks so much. Using the defer tag worked for me - this was causing me big problerms!
Sep 11th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
You may try using the https path instead of http path….
https://mail.google.com.
For me it worked.
-Rakesh.
Oct 6th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Had the same problem with IE (error message)very annoying.Quickfix,do what Sergemeister says will fix your problem.Thanks Serge.
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