What would cause AOL 9 to freeze on start up?

Answer by  CF (19)

First verify that you have the necessary system requirements to run it. You can also rebuild the AOL adapter which is what AOL uses to bind to Internet Explorer. Go to start>AOL>AOL System Info>Utilities. Other than that it could be a bad install.

Answer by  shawn4y2 (11)

Chances are a file required by AOL, possibly one of it's runtimes, were deleted. Try re-installing from the CD or download it from AOL.