Re: Internet Explorer is not listed in the Add or Remove Programs

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It is normal for IE6 not to be listed in Add/Remove for XP.
No, you cannot add an entry as IE cannot be removed or uninstalled
from XP. You cannot revert to a previous version of IE, short of
uninstalling SP2 and I do not recommend you do that.

I really don't understand your problem.
You say IE works.
You say you have iexplore.exe so what is missing?
If just a shortcut, then create one wherever you like.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html





On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 07:38:02 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup, akuri
<akuri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanx, Alan, for your quick reply.

It's a Sony VAIO PCV-RS420 desktop. The original factory-install state was:
- Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 (possibly came with SP1, but I am
sure I downloaded SP2 myself)
- Since "XP has a minimum of IE6", then IE6 is the original :p (but I did
download updates up to most-current ones )

2 Possible ways of how I obtained IE updates:
1) MS/Windows Updates -- I checked regularly besides using the Auto-updates
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
2) Automatic Updates

I checked C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ and it doesn't have a Setup
Folder which is supposed (?) to contain the intall/uninstall package. Here
are the contents:
Folders: Connection Wizard, Custom, MUI, PLUGINS, SIGNUP
Files: iedw.exe , iexplore.exe , hmmapi.dll , Q330994.cat , Q818529.cat
Then I checked my Toshiba A65 laptop which has the same platform (XP SP2 +
IE6), there's no Setup Folder for its IE6 either, same contents too.
1) So I suspect: Is it customary for IE not listed on the programs list for
ALL XP OS?
2) If so, can we add it on the list?
3) Can we download a patch for the Setup Folder only? If not, how can we
uninstall it in case we want to downgrade to an earlier version?

For my desktop, I can use VAIO Recovery Wizard to recover the whole OS to
the factory-install state (NO-NO!), or I can roll back to a previous state
(recovery point), but I dun know when my IE disappeared (or was it ever on
the list). The thing is my IE works fine (except some conflicts with Flash
and scripts that I am yet to solve), I am just uncomfortable with it not
listed on the programs list and the thought of having no control over it
(can't change/uninstall)!

~ Akuri

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"Alan Edwards" wrote:

If you originally had IE5, then it was probably with Win98 SE, which
you don't mention.
XP has a minimum of IE6.
It is normal that XP SP2 does not list IE in Add/Remove.

Can you please clarify what your upgrade path was?
How (or if) you can repair depends on your original (and current)
version of your operating system.

"de-select and re-select IE under the Add/Remove Windows Componets"
cannot possibly work.
The option in Add/Remove/Windows Components is exactly what it says,
i.e. "Adds or removes access to Internet Explorer from the Start menu
and Desktop". It does not remove IE.


....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html




On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:34:02 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup, akuri
<akuri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 , Update Versions:
SP2

The orig version on my PC was IE 5 I believe, which, over the years, I have
upgraded it to IE 6 SP2. While snooping around looking for solution to fix
an corrupted Flash online game problem, I realized my IE 6 isn't listed on
the Add/Remove Programs List, nor any of the IE updates. Is it normal? Is
there a way to enable viewing it on the programs list?

One trick I found thru Web searches, is to "de-select and re-select IE under
the Add/Remove Windows Componets" --- that doesn't work.

One MS ariticle said that "Internet Explorer is not listed in the Add/Remove
Programs tool if you delete the uninstall (or backup) information for the
previous version of Internet Explorer." I am not sure whether I did that
when I updated it to IE 6...... Some talked about repair IE by initiating
the IE Repair tool from the command prompt and to revert to the orig version
-- I hesitate to try as I am not sure it applies to my case and of couse, the
trouble of downloading the updates afterward......

Any idea? Thanx in advance.

.

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