unable to remove internet explorer

[Guest]

Hi all. Currently i am trying out on removing IE. I have changed the setting
via registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383} by changing isinstalled
from 1 to 0. However after restarting my pc i realise i still can use IE.
Moreover removing IE via add/remove windows components did not really remove
IE as i still can invoke IE via start->run->iexplore.exe. Can anyone tell me
how to remove IE because it seems my colleague's IE is corrupted and i need
to remove and reinstall. Thks in advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

One cannot remove or uninstall Internet Explorer from Windows XP.
You need to perform a "repair" of Internet Explorer.

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

How do I repair Internet Explorer in Windows XP?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Hi all. Currently i am trying out on removing IE. I have changed the setting
| via registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
| Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383} by changing isinstalled
| from 1 to 0. However after restarting my pc i realise i still can use IE.
| Moreover removing IE via add/remove windows components did not really remove
| IE as i still can invoke IE via start->run->iexplore.exe. Can anyone tell me
| how to remove IE because it seems my colleague's IE is corrupted and i need
| to remove and reinstall. Thks in advance.

 

[Gordon]

Hi all. Currently i am trying out on removing IE. I have changed the
setting via registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active
Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383} by
changing isinstalled from 1 to 0. However after restarting my pc i
realise i still can use IE. Moreover removing IE via add/remove
windows components did not really remove IE as i still can invoke IE
via start->run->iexplore.exe. Can anyone tell me how to remove IE
because it seems my colleague's IE is corrupted and i need to remove
and reinstall. Thks in advance.

You can't uninstall IE in Windows XP - don't even TRY.

have a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

 

[Yves Leclerc]

In XP, you can not (and should not) completely remove IE. It is too
integrated into XP and you can cause havoc if you completely remove.

You can normally repair most IE errors by rebuilding the TCP/IP protocol
stack. Locate, download and run "Winsockxpfix.exe".

You can also locate the method you can use to re-install IE on top of the
corrupted IE. Check on Kelly's Korner.

 

[Stan Brown]

Can anyone tell me
how to remove IE because it seems my colleague's IE is corrupted and i need
to remove and reinstall.

MSIE is not removable; it's part of the operating system. The most
you can do is make it not the default browser; but some programs
ignore your choice of default browser. Microsoft has deliberately
subverted Web standards to make Windows updates not work with any
other browser.

If your colleague's IE is "corrupted", she can do a repair install of
Windows and that should fix it.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Fortunately, I live in the United States of America, where we are
gradually coming to understand that nothing we do is ever our
fault, especially if it is really stupid. --Dave Barry

 

[Guest]

Hi all. Thks for the reply but i would like to know if the repair and
reinstallation of IE is the same for windows xp service pack 2 base on the
url links you have provided me.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, the trick of editing the \ActiveInstall key as described in
kb318378 does not work once you have upgraded to SP2. Once that is done, you
have to reinstall SP2 in order to reinstall IE. If your system originally
came with SP2, you will have to do a repair reinstall.

If you look at the bottom of the link that takes you to kb318378 you will
see that it does not list XP w/sp2, so this document needs to be updated by
Microsoft with the above info.

The second link that Carey posted appears to be broken - I get a 404 page
not found error.