Internet Explorer woes.

[JohnE]

Can anyone help with a problem that has literally been driving me crazy for years!??

My PC (running Windows XP Home Edition) only has one copy of Internet Explorer installed (IE6.0, which is in the folder C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer). Therefore, you'd assume that whenever I launch Internet Explorer I should get the same version each time. So why is this happening.....???

If I launch IE from an icon, everything works fine. If I press the 'Favorites' button I can see my favourite sites etc. But...

If someone sends me an email with a hyperlink and I launch IE by clicking on the hyperlink, two strange things happen. Firstly, the 'Back' button refuses to function so I can't navigate forward and back through any web pages I visit. Secondly, if I press 'Favorites' I get a different set of favourites from the ones I normally see!!!

Does this make sense to anyone? It's slowly driving me out of my mind!!