I have tried many different ways to get rid of internet explorer. None have succeeded. Any idea of a better way to get rid of it? I have tried just using the uninstall/install tool, going to microsoft and contacting them(Don't get a response)... I have searched at yahoo regarding this, and do not get any results with other people having this problem. If you have any idea why it will not install, or how I can uninstall it, please reply.

Which operating system are U running?

ivnj

mystery,
If you're not running XP, you could try this tool: http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html

Good luck!

chris

I am running windows XP.

Mystery
The Uninstall in the "Add Remove Programs" when used only starts the repair files function off .But that is a safety net thing..I think it only works when an updated version is loaded the "New" version slots into the same space as the old version (overwrites) You only know this by checking the version Number
Load the Belarc Advisor Program (see topic pinned at top of Beginners Issues) and get the version number from the List Current version is IE 6.0
If it's showing a number lower than IE 5.5 then you Must upgrade.

Question for you: Why are you trying to get rid of IE?

Xp automatically installs IE 6. It is an integral part of windows, and although there is a way of removing it ro re-install it you would lose MANY of the functionalities of Windows itself

Have a read of M$KB 293907

Oh. Just having a few bugs with it. Thought a uninstall/reinstall might help. I did remove it from the programs list, and also removed it from the internet tools, and it didn't get removed. I guess that is a good thing in a way.

There are several reset to default buttons scattered in the Options if you mess up
Ie 6 is quite stable,
I'm half guessing that your "bugs" are being caused by the "stop on error" boxes being ticked or unticked (easy to fix)
Firstly,Reset Your settings to default under the Advanced tab Restore Defaults button is in bottom R/H corner
Then find these 2 items under Browsing (4th & 5th items down the list)
Disable Script Debugging (this should be ticked)
and
Display a notification about every Script error
(this should be unticked)
Press Apply then Ok to save and exit.

You cannot remove Internet Explorer. It's hooked into the shell explorer.exe. Internet Explorer has many libraries that are pre-requisites of explorer.exe.

You do realize you can simply change your default browser.. and not use IE ever again?

Not true.

Start the Registry Editor by clicking Start and Run. Type REGEDIT

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Active Setup \ Installed Components \ {89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}

right-click the IsInstalled value, and then click Modify

Change the value data, from 1 to 0

Close the registry editor
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That will uninstall IE 6 for U. Then U can reinstall.

ivnj