Re: Can not Uninstall IE6

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 03:02:55 -0600

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
Method 2 works on earlier versions of Windows. 

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"Melvin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:534801c4002f$6bd6f910$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I am having trouble in several areas - D/Ling photos on
> Ebay, sending zone messages on MSN zone etc... Internet
> Explorer 6 is the problem. I proved this by D/Ling Netscape
> temporarily and all these functions work now!  So ---  The
> fix would be to uninstall IE6 and reinstall I'm sure. BUT I
> have a problem: I can NOT uninstall IE6! In control panel
> it is not listed in add or delete programs! I do not know
> how to uninstall it.  If I try to D/L the latest version
> from web I get an error that I can not proceed because that
> version is the same as the onr already installed. I have
> tried everything an can not uninstall Internet Explorer
> from my computer! Any ideas anyone. I am thinking that IE6
> is hidden inside 1 of my other programs but which one?
> Would appreciate any ideas - Thanks Much
>
>
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