Internet Explorer 11 crashes on startup (Windows 8.1)

Issue

Internet Explorer 11 stopped working on Windows 8.1. On startup it crashes with error “Internet Explorer has stopped working“.

Internet Explorer has stopped working

Internet Explorer has stopped working.
Windows is checking for a solution to the problem…


Internet Explorer has stopped working

Internet Explorer has stopped working.
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.
Windows will close the program and notify if a solution is available.

Windows Application Logs records following error:

Source Application Error
Event ID  1000
Level Error
Details Faulting application name: IEXPLORE.EXE, version: 11.0.9600.16384, time stamp: 0x52157231
Faulting module name: nvumdshim.dll, version: 9.18.13.2049, time stamp: 0x51c40fa8
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000ae12
Faulting process ID: 0x22d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ced7f7c1254718
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NV\nvumdshim.dll
Report ID: fedaad8f-43ea-11e3-bf31-6466b30255a2
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Resolution

nvumdshim.dll points to Nvidia drivers. Issue was resolved by updating Nvidia GeForce 660TI video card drivers to the latest version.

10.2013
Windows 8.1
Internet Explorer 11


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