I was moving a shortcut which was right beside the Internet Explorer 8
shortcut on the quick launch and the icon disappeared, I assumed that it must
have gone into the IE application somehow. I installed and reinstalled.First
It went back to IE7 and worked so I reinstalled 8 again and it went back to
not working then I reset Internet Explorer to no avail, the Internet Explorer
with no add-ons does not work either. Then I tried to go back to 7 and I get
the message that it cannot install because of a newer version. I have got
Windowsxp and service pack 3. I unpacked IE8 to a folder on the desktop and
Iexplore will work from there but not the one in program files. How can this
be fixed? Thank you

Anna, move the IE8 folder to Program Files folder. Then rt click
iexplorer.exe file and select send to desktop as shortcut.
"annaonri" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I was moving a shortcut which was right beside the Internet Explorer 8
> shortcut on the quick launch and the icon disappeared, I assumed that it
> must
> have gone into the IE application somehow. I installed and
> reinstalled.First
> It went back to IE7 and worked so I reinstalled 8 again and it went back
> to
> not working then I reset Internet Explorer to no avail, the Internet
> Explorer
> with no add-ons does not work either. Then I tried to go back to 7 and I
> get
> the message that it cannot install because of a newer version. I have got
> Windowsxp and service pack 3. I unpacked IE8 to a folder on the desktop
> and
> Iexplore will work from there but not the one in program files. How can
> this
> be fixed? Thank you
>

[crosspost to IE General newsgroup]

"When you remove Internet Explorer 8, your earlier version of Internet
Explorer [e.g., IE7] is restored with your customizations (such as add-ins,
Favorites, and your home page)." (Source:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700)

IOW you don't and cannot reinstall IE7 if it was already installed when you
installed IE8...which leads us to a related question:

Which was installed first, IE7, IE8, or WinXP SP3?
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annaonri wrote:
> I was moving a shortcut which was right beside the Internet Explorer 8
> shortcut on the quick launch and the icon disappeared, I assumed that it
> must have gone into the IE application somehow. I installed and
> reinstalled.First It went back to IE7 and worked so I reinstalled 8 again
> and it went back to not working then I reset Internet Explorer to no
> avail,
> the Internet Explorer with no add-ons does not work either. Then I tried
> to
> go back to 7 and I get the message that it cannot install because of a
> newer version. I have got Windowsxp and service pack 3. I unpacked IE8 to
> a
> folder on the desktop and Iexplore will work from there but not the one in
> program files. How can this be fixed? Thank you