Bob - I don't know whether I need to use VBScript or not to open IE...I just used the off-the-shelf templates that I found on this website (I think one was titled "Automate IE" both the blog and the forums). But I get what you are saying, and YES, I do believe that many of these problems are due to ...

Marcus - I just tried creating the .VBS test you mentioned (right after I got the same error within Macro Scheduler about 5 minutes ago), and it opened the Internet Explorer window!!! I'm still not sure whether that tells us anything conclusive since it happens occasionally, as I mentioned before. I...

Marcus - So I reinstalled Internet Explorer a couple weeks ago as you suggested, and the same error just came back this morning. So I am still at zero with this issue. This is a really damaging error for my Macro because I ALWAYS have to open Internet Explorer for each record I am searching for. Ple...

Thanks Marcus - I will give that a try and report back to you.

Anyone???

It happens intermittently, and I imagine there must be a way around it. Please let me know what I may be doing wrong.

Hi All - I have been running into this Macro Scheduler error for the past several days, and have been unable to find a solution: Microsoft VBScript Runtime Error: 429 ActiveX component can't create object: "InternetExplorer.Application" Line 12, Column 2 I have searched the forums often to get help ...