Re: Removing IE6.0

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From: TAB (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:23:47 -0700

Don,

Let's say that someone did remove IE6 from XP sp1 via
Add/Remove (and regretting every second of it). As you
probably are aware message "User Interface
failure ...msgina.dll failed to load". Tried replacing
file in safe mode via floppy can't get c prompt. Am I
screwed? TAB
>-----Original Message-----
>You cannot remove IE from Windows XP. It's not a good
idea to try to remove
>it from other versions of Windows. Remove shortcuts to IE
and make Netscape
>the default browser. The internet shortcuts should then
open with Netscape.
>If some don't, recreate them.
>
>However, if you insist ;-)
>IEradicator is a tiny, script that uses the Windows setup
engine to
>surgically remove Internet Explorer versions 3 through
6.0 from Windows 95,
>Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium
and Windows
>2000(sr1).
>http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html
>
>Don
>--
>MVP IE/OE
>Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may
participate.
>
>"Andrew" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:af1101c48881$e4dfd6d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I want to remove IE6.0 and use Netscape on my machine.
>> I've gone through "Add/Remove Programs," it has gone
away
>> from there, but the browser is still intact, and when I
>> open certain website links from the desktop, I still
have
>> IE open automatically. I want to totally remove the
>> program. How would I do this? I can't seem to delete
>> the "Internet Explorer" folder, it says the program is
in
>> use. Thanks much.
>
>.
>

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