Internet Explorer cannot open website: Operation aborted

[guest]

Situation: when attempting to access a website, you may receive the following error message: "Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site http://<Web site>.com. Operation aborted".

Troubleshooting: According to Microsoft article, here are some fixes:

Workaround 1
To work around this problem, write script blocks that modify only closed containers or that modify only the script's immediate container element. To do this, you can use a placeholder to close the target container, or you can move the script block into the container that you want to modify.
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Workaround 2
You can turn off friendly HTTP error messages in Internet Explorer. This workaround still lets the error message appear. However, Internet Explorer does not move away from the page after the error occurs. This workaround works only for Internet Explorer 6.

To do this, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the Advanced tab, click to clear the Show friendly HTTP error messages check box under the Browsing section, and then click OK.
Close the browser.
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Workaround 3
You can disable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer. This workaround avoids the error condition by preventing any script from running. But, the drawback of this workaround is that the page does not show changes that result from earlier successful dynamic changes to the page. Also, all pages in the same security zone do not have Active Scripting enabled until the feature is re-enabled.

For Internet Explorer 7, use one of the following methods.
Method 1
Add the individual site to Restricted Sites where scripting is disabled by default.

Note This method affects not only scripting but also many other areas of the page, including ActiveX controls, that are disabled or set to prompt for this zone.

To do this, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the Security tab, select the Restricted Sites zone.
Click Sites, click Add, and then click OK.
Method 2
Set the Active Scripting to Prompt or to Disabled when you view an affected site for the zone in which the site loads.

Note This setting affects all the sites in the zone and should be set back to Enabled when you browse other sites. Determine what zone the site is loaded under by viewing the lower-right corner of the Status Bar.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the Security tab, select the zone the site loads under.
Scroll down to the Scripting section, and set the Active Scripting to Disabled - prevents scripts or to Prompt - prompts user to run or not to run scripts.
Click OK.
Note Method 1 and method 2 for Internet Explorer 7 may make the site unusable. Only disable scripts if the issue occurs frequently on the same site. If you change the Scripting setting, make sure that you reset the setting back to Enabled afterward so that other sites in that zone are not affected. If you cannot disable scripting, use Workaround 1, or upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.
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[blin]

In my case, I disable add-ons, then it works.

[blin]

The easiest way for you to fix the problem is to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. This problem no longer occurs in Internet Explorer 8. To upgrade to Internet Explorer 8, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Windows Internet Explorer 8: Home page
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/intern ... fault.aspx

[guest]

I got the message only after I dl'd a microsoft update, I think it was security update for netframework sp2 and 3 I dl'd them the same day so I don't know for sure which one caused the problem on my end but after they were done I tried to log on and get to my msn but everytime I tried that thing poped up so i just went to the add and remove program thing and removed the updates and it worked fine after wards, It only did that on the my msn homepage.

[guest]

Solution: In IE, Click Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced Tab and then uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions"... after you uncheck that option, restart your browser and try to cause the error. If the error goes away, it was an add-on. Now, once you know it is an add-on you can reanble add-ons and then disable them one by one in Tools -> Manage Addons to find the offending culprit. Specifically in my case it was a Skype plugin was causing this problem (probably the one that parses for phone numbers...

[guest]

It could be site meter issue. Here is the fix for users of IE 6 and 7 who are getting the "operation aborted" message.

Follow These Steps Exactly:

Open Internet Explorer.

Click on the menu Tools -> Internet Options.
Click on the tab Security.
Click on the icon Restricted Sites.
Click on the button Sites.
Under Add this website to the zone:
Type the text ‘ *.sitemeter.com ’ (with asterisk and dot & without the quotes).
Click the Add button. Click Close. Click OK.



All sites will work again without error messages coming up.