While running aol, if i click on a link, every running program stops responding and my whole computer freezes up and i have to manually hold down the Following up on @leo1937ca 's description and @vb5prgrmr 's pointer toward path issues, these checks and fixes resolve this exact mismatch (works in the ide but fails as an exe) most of the time. My aol will not start.

Basically like i never clicked on it at all. I don't have this problem with any of my other programs, or on any of my other computers. The tech …