Folder C:\WINDOWS\ie8, necessary?

[Cat_in_awe]

Is this folder necessary to run IE8, or is just an archive of the
installation process? Can I delete it (assuming I don't want to uninstall
IE8)?

 

[Don Phillipson]

Is this folder necessary to run IE8, or is just an archive of the
installation process? Can I delete it (assuming I don't want to uninstall
IE8)?

Fail safe test (useful for many such cases):
1. Rename the folder with prefix x i.e. here \xIE8\
2. Reboot and run as normal.

If IE runs OK, you can probably delete this folder.
If IE will not run, just rename the folder correctly
and reboot.

3. If ultra conservative, make a folder called \Discards
and Move into it folders for potential deletion. Leave
them there until you next remember them, and delete
as convenient.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

Is this folder necessary to run IE8, or is just an archive of the
installation process? Can I delete it (assuming I don't want to uninstall
IE8)?

It's only 16Mb, why do you even care what it's for? You would have to delete
1000 folders like it to recover a Gigabyte.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

Is this folder necessary to run IE8, or is just an archive of the
installation process? Can I delete it (assuming I don't want to uninstall
IE8)?

I went to that folder and double-clicked IE8.EXE, but the IE that loaded was
not IE8. No tabs, or settings to support them. Help>About said it was IE8,
but clearly it was not. It had the look and feel of IE6.