
The multiple iexplore.exe processes running makes the job to crash exit or terminate the IE in failure manner harder. In IE8, each tab has its own process, which further separated from process of IE8 window frame and broker object, in a feature called Loosely-Coupled IE (LCIE) by Microsoft. To open Task Manager, type taskmgr in Run command or Start Search box, and press Enter key. To terminate IE8 process, users can use Task Manager to do the termination task.

Thus, the workaround to to restore last opened tabs on next IE session to re-open tabs that appear before closing the IE8 browser window is to make the Internet Explorer processes exit as if it’s crashing or been terminated. After IE8 crashes with whole window or IE frame exits, the following dialog box will appear when users restart or run IE8 again. However, IE 8 Beta 1 adds (or copies from Firefox) another useful feature which allows users to recover the last opened tabs if the IE web browser crashes or closes unexpectedly, or forces exit by users when the window not responding or hang. It’s not sure whether it’s a temporary removal or whether option to re-open tabs after closing window with tabs opened feature will come back on final release of IE8. However, in Internet Explorer (IE8) Beta 1, the useful feature (although still inferior to Firefox) has been removed. Typically, IE7 will ask for confirmation when there is multiple tabs open when users attempt to close or exit from IE7, and there is a “Open these the next time I use Internet Explorer” check box that users can select to reopen all existing tabs that are closed when IE7 is run again. Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) has a very useful feature that allows users to re-open the tabs the next time using Internet Explorer web browser with all web pages reloaded as when the IE window is closed.
