Microsoft KB Archive/325453

= Stack Overflow Errors When You Upgrade to Windows Scripting Host version 5.6 on Internet Explorer version 5.x =

Article ID: 325453

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01

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This article was previously published under Q325453



SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade from Windows Scripting Host version 5.1 to Windows Scripting Host version 5.6, especially if you are using Internet Explorer versions 5. , you may receive &quot;stack overflow&quot; error messages in scripts that use recursion.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Windows Scripting Host version 5.6 consumes about three times more stack space than Windows Scripting Host version 5.1.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to Internet Explorer version 6 or later because the maximum committed stack size has been increased from 256 KB to 1 MB.



WORKAROUND
If you cannot upgrade to Internet Explorer version 6 or later, or if you are already using this version, to work around this problem, rewrite your code to use iteration instead of recursion.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB325453

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