Re: IE Downlaad

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:16:17 -0700

Don,

Yes it does. I can even go to Start, Programs, Internet
Explorer. and the browser launches.

Roy.

>-----Original Message-----
>Roy,
>If you double-click on IEXPLORE.EXE (probably) in the [Program
>Files\Internet Explorer] folder, does IE open? If you
right-click
>IEXPLORE.EXE and create a shortcut on the desktop, does
that shortcut work?
>
>Don
>--
>MVP IE/OE
>Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
>
>"Roy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:2f95901c46cf3$eba972e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I scrolled through some of the messages and came across one
>> from Don Varnau that discussed how to download IE. So I
>> went to http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html and
>> downloaded ie6setup.exe from there. I then followed the
>> site's instructions in Step 3, 4, 5, and 6.
>>
>> I got a message that the file is downloaded in
>> c:\winnt\Windows Update Setup Files. When I went there I
>> did not fine any ie6setup.exe file.
>>
>> So I just went back to c:\downloads and double-clicked on
>> ie6setup.exe.
>>
>> I installed Internet Explorer; however, the shourt cut on
>> the Desktop that it installed does not work. It also did
>> not install Internet Explorer shortcut in the tray. Nor
>> did it install Outlook Express in the tray. What I have in
>> the tray in a blank square that says Launch Internet
>> Explorer Browser when I place my cursor over it.
>>
>> When I double click on the blank square, it says it is
>> searching for something (I forget exactly what it says) but
>> does not launch the browser.
>>
>> Can someone offer me some advice on how I can fix this
>> problem.
>>
>> BTW, I am using Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195 SP4.
>
>.
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Changing the default browser
    ... I supposed there must be something in Serif Pageplus' Registration Wizard that says 'launch IE' rather than 'launch the default browser'. ... I just wondered either if there was some setting other than the one in Internet Options that I could change in order to alter the result of the instruction to 'launch IE'. ... Can anyone think why a programmer, unless perhaps he worked for Microsoft, would bother to specify which browser a Wizard should launch unless he wanted to point to a site that only worked in IE? ... nLite allows you to take your existing XP CD and create a new XP install CD from it where you can pick and choose what to/not to install, like OE, all the unneeded services, Messenger, Dr. Watson, NetMeeting, the list goes on and on, and does list IE. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • IE 6 browser will not open (an error message appears)
    ... explorer again, and still no help. ... "Internet Explorer has encountered a serious error ... but I would just close the browser and ... >infected with a Trojan virus that kept changing their ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Web Page Titles Change to URL in IE6 Again
    ... I've noticed the same problem as explained below with Internet ... This computer is running Windows Server 2003. ... I've encountered a strange problem with Internet Explorer 6. ... This is quite troublesome because I often have many browser windows ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: Buffer Overflow with all versions of Internet Explorer and Javacript.
    ... After a few minutes testing it seems this does not only effect Internet ... Galeon latest tries to mail a rather long email address, but the browser ... > the moment all the versions of the Internet Explorer. ... > function soporte(){ ...
    (Vuln-Dev)
  • browser errors
    ... Updates, I found that neither my Internet Explorer OR my AOL browser works! ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)