it has nothing to do with that snap-in. that's just a tool to configure policies.

I wish I could reproduce the error :/

I might be misunderstanding you PLJ; the "link to web address" snap-in isn't highlighted for any particular reason. Is there anything in my list that might do the trick?

Is anyone reading this thread having the same issue running SH5 after using TDW's Patcher? What version of windows are you running?

Could someone having the 0xc0000005 error test with IE8 opened to whatever page ? I read a few comments on some topics dealing with this issue, that for older programs giving this error, opening IE8 and keeping it open and THEN running the .exe, solves is.

Afaik, this should not be the case, but it's worth testing I suppose...