why do I get, 'internet explorer has stopped working'?

[Frank]

I don't mean to sound like a policeman or anything but you really need to start using something better. Internet Explorer is one of the worst internet browsers of its time. I suggest you use these any of these internet browsers:

Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Safari
Opera

But If you really do need to fix internet explorer you should try some of these options:

Hold the Start button and the R key to open "Run" type in taskmgr and press enter. On the processes tab, close anything IE related.

Update IE to the latest version.

Open control panel and click on programs and features. You can either re-install IE, or uninstall anything that you have recently installed that affects IE in anyway.

I hope this question helps.