Internet Explorer 6.0 Build 6.0.2900.2180 XP SP2

[Guest]

I know in Internet Explorer with XP SP1 you could use the internet explorer
repair tool to repair installations of Internet Explorer, however running the
same command from an XP SP2 computer results in all the options being greyed
out is this tool no longer available or is it a different command now ? I
have found this very effective for repairing Internet Explorer. The problem
is that now newer machines come with SP2 slipstreamed in which means you
cannot uninstall SP2, because if you uninstall SP2 you can get the repair
tool back. The MS article does not work for SP2, even if you do get it to
reinstall it does not fix any damage done by the spyware or viruses.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE OR HOW I CAN STILL GET THE I.E. REPAIR TOOL TO RUN ?

this is the command I am talking about

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. For Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and earlier, in the Open box, type the
following command (the command is case sensitive), and then click OK:

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"


For Internet Explorer 6, please use the following command:

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=194177

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I know in Internet Explorer with XP SP1 you could use the internet explorer
repair tool to repair installations of Internet Explorer,

Actually that's not generally true.
The IE Repair tool was only available in XP if you downloaded
and installed IE6sp1 before installing XPsp1. After installing
XPsp1 you would have had to execute (e.g. via the Run... dialog) this:

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance

I don't have setupwbv.dll on my XPsp2 partition.
If you do it will be there because you installed IE6sp1 as I described.
I don't know yet if it is still supported in XPsp2.

However, XPsp2 has an easier to use tool which is almost equivalent:

iexplore.exe /rereg

Unfortunately there aren't any caveats about using that switch.
Since the original repair was done in a reboot before *anything*
would have been running I would try to at least minimize the number
of active tasks.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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