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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: lastttuagen on August 19, 2009, 09:27:44 PM

Title: Uninstalling Intenet Explorer
Post by: lastttuagen on August 19, 2009, 09:27:44 PM

I am having trouble with my daughter's computer always saying that IE has encountered a problem and must shut down. I have tried to install IE 8 on her computer, but I get a message saying that it can't uninstall the version currently on the computer. I have even tried to go into safe mode and delete it from the Program Files, but it keeps telling me that some of the dll files can't be deleted.

Title: Re: Uninstalling Intenet Explorer
Post by: Broni on August 19, 2009, 10:29:55 PM

You can't uninstall IE.
Try Firefox.

Title: Re: Uninstalling Intenet Explorer
Post by: soybean on August 20, 2009, 07:31:21 AM

Quote from: lastttuagen on August 19, 2009, 09:27:44 PM

I have tried to install IE 8 on her computer, but I get a message saying that it can't uninstall the version currently on the computer.

What version was on the computer before you tried installing IE 8?  What SP (Service Pack) do you have installed in Windows XP?

Title: Re: Uninstalling Intenet Explorer
Post by: Cityscape on August 20, 2009, 08:02:00 AM

You basically can't uninstall IE.

Title: Re: Uninstalling Intenet Explorer
Post by: soybean on August 20, 2009, 08:08:40 AM

But, if you update IE from an older version to a later version, you can usually uninstall that later version, which takes you back to the earlier version.