Even removing the OCHelper.DLL file didn’t stop it loading! Uninstalling Skype for Business altogether worked, but that’s a bit too drastic. Other solutions like disabling via the registry didn’t seem to work for this add-in either, it came back. However for me, I couldn’t do this as the option was greyed out – plus that solution doesn’t work at scale. If you can live without the IE addin, the solution is to disable it. This seems to be a problem that was around a while ago, and possibly only occurs in less common circumstances. I had a few people confirm this experience, including you!) Other browsers are fine (such as Chrome or Edge), and Internet Explorer is fine without the above add-ons.
Scrolling through the page for several seconds either through mousewheel or sidebar should result in a brief freeze lasting a second or two. With these addons loaded though, some sites lag and freeze that have large amounts of text here’s a good example. They use the same Class ID and DLL File, and provide options such as click to call links on phone numbers on a page: I’ve discovered an issue with the Skype for Business add-ons to Internet Explorer which causes pages with large amounts of text to freeze briefly when scrolling.Īs part of a Skype for Business install, two add-ins get loaded.
