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Author Topic: How do you delete IE? Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-26-2004 05:00 PM                     I am one of the many people who are sick of Microsoft Internet Explorer and I am currently using a better browser. My question is, is there any possible way to delete IE totally off your computer? Also is there another way to delete Windows messenger off your computer? Thanks  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 01-26-2004 07:03 PM                     IE is listed in Control Panel ----> Add/Remove Programs so you can remove it there. Not sure about Windows Messenger. MSN Messenger is listed but not Windows Messenger.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Peters Expert Film Handler Posts: 179 From: Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia Registered: Nov 2002 posted 01-26-2004 07:09 PM                     Windows messenger is a service you can disable easily. Internet explorer however might be a little more difficult. It’s built into the operation system, and as far as I know, I don’t think you can completely remove it (please correct me if I am wrong). A friend of mine once tried deleting the file iexplore.exe, only to find it recreated itself on the next boot-up.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-26-2004 07:32 PM                     If memory serves me correctly, the only thing you can do is either "Restore the previous version" or repair it. I never saw anything in the control panel that will allow complete removal. I have heard it can be done. However, I am under the understanding that many modifications have to be made in the registry. Maybe Daryl can address that - he is the complete computer nerd.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-26-2004 08:17 PM                    I wouldn't screw with it. Some programs like to use IE for it's registration and help processes. If it is missing it may make the programs not function properly. Note: I say May I am not for sure on that. Just don't use it for normal browsing.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-26-2004 08:29 PM                     Mathew is quite correct. At least in Windows XP (and I'm sure Daryl will correct me if I'm wrong) most of the core components of IE serve dual puprose as components of the OS. This is what the whole lawsuit thing is over-complete integration (or nearly complete integration) of what should really be two seperate programs-the OS and the web browser. So yeah, don't do it.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-26-2004 08:48 PM                     Reformat your hard drive and install Linux, Unix or anything else but Windows. That's the ONLY way I know to remove all traces of Internet Exploder. Exploder is rooted so deeply into the OS that you would have to virtually rewrite the system to remove it.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-27-2004 12:10 AM                     I guess as long as Im with Windows XPos Im stuck with it. I appreciate all the feedback. Thanks a bunch!  |  IP: Logged Sean M. Grimes Expert Film Handler Posts: 247 From: Lunenburg, MA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-27-2004 01:47 AM                        in windoze 98 you can completely remove it see here! It basically brings your shell back to win95, but keeps the positive parts of 98. In xp you can remove the shortcuts to the web browser, but not the actual browser itself. That's just about it. At least to the best of my secondary knowledge. the best way I can find to remove windows messenger would be here.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-27-2004 06:12 PM                     My understanding is the Department of Justice ruled that Microsoft must make it possible to completely uninstall Internet Explorer in future versions of Windows. Of course, with the reality of legal cases often taking more than a decade to settle we all could very well be using a completely different type of computing environment when the law actually gets enforced around, um, say 2015.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-27-2004 09:23 PM                    fdisk works for me.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-29-2004 01:16 AM                     If you don't like it, just don't use it. With today's huge hard drives, the drive space used for MSIE is equivalent to a pimple on a gnat's butt. I never had a compatibly issue with MSIE beating up on Oprah or vice versa. On one screen I might be running MSIE and the other screen I might be running Oprah. On my 733mhz machine, I run three monitors for one huge extended desktop. I can run a separate browser on each screen, but I have to admit I never did that. So what's the point of fooling around trying to uninstall MSIE and risk a major crash?  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-29-2004 06:22 PM                        In windows XP at work, we wanted to COMPLETELY remove MSN messenger because the employees were screwing off too much. I found This on the net for uninstalling MSN completely. Josh  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-29-2004 08:31 PM                     With Windows 2000 Pro, MSN can be uninstalled via add/remove programs in the control panel.  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-02-2004 02:07 AM                        And your point? I said XP, didnt I? JJ  |  IP: Logged

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