IE 10 Windows 7 64 Bit: Internet Explorer (No Add-ons) does not run

Question

Many of our Windows 7 laptops started having IE crashes dues to:
Description:
Faulting application name: IEXPLORE.EXE, version: 10.0.9200.17088, time stamp: 0x53eedc10
Faulting module name: urlmon.dll, version: 10.0.9200.17088, time stamp: 0x53eedc44
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00038a99
Faulting process id: 0x128c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfe29e05a67b00
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\windows\syswow64\urlmon.dll
To troubleshoot, we have tried resetting IE 10 using Internet Options and rebooting.  Does not reliably fix this and even when it occasionally does, it is not a permanent fix.
I have also tried running Internet Explorer using the shortcut for Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).
When I click on the shortcut, there is an an hourglass for a second or two and then it just goes away.  The no add-ons mode never works and doesn't show an error.  It just does nothing.
iexplore.exe -extoff does not work or do anything
iexplorer.exe runs
iexplore -nohome runs
How can we find the cause?

Answer 1

Faulting module name: urlmon.dll, version: 10.0.9200.17088
Faulting module path: C:\windows\syswow64\urlmon.dll
That's actually a crash in a 32-bit tab task.  A  Stack Back Trace may give more clues.  (Once provided by drwsn32.log; now required to be extracted from a dump of the crashing thread.)
iexplore.exe -extoff does not work or do anything
iexplore -nohome runs
Try combining them.  If they both work together, this may be saying something about your Home page.  Then you may want to try changing that, e.g. try  about:blank  so you don't go near the TIF.  OR just try  Run... (e.g. press
Win-R and enter:)
iexplore.exe  -nohome  -extoff  about:blank
Good luck
Robert Aldwinckle