At 11:23 AM 10/21/01 +0800, Debbie wrote the following: >I have been trying to remove i.e and have come across the following >problems. >1 It isn't listed in the add/remove programs. >2 The online help says you need to be able to 'browse' before removing and >this is the problem I am having with it. I can connect to the internet but >it won't let me browse. I thought that maybe it had a corrupt file and was >going to remove it and re-install.
According to MS, you can't remove IE from Win 98. These are the top ten reasons why this can't be done! See (http://members.tripod.com/~micropap/remove.html) 10. A number of other products need IE to function! Like Microsoft Money, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Encarta... 9. All 10,000 Windows programmers are working on NT 5.0 drivers right now, sorry. 8. Just give us a few days; Bill's been pulling all-nighters working on it. 7. Steve Ballmer: "You know, we're just trying to keep the techies down at the Department of Justice on their toes." 6. Nah, it makes Reback see red...what fun! 5. Brad Chase says that without IE's DLLs, Windows is "unsafe at any speed." 4. Obligation to Intel: need to produce slow OS software to drive sales of fast chips. 3. Because. 2. Can't pay U.S. judges enough to staff programming department. 1. Come on, how can we take over the world without IE? You're not recording this, are you? However, here's how to do it... Step 1. Use a test system. Do this on a PC that you can easily reformat and reconfigure if need be after your test. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Step 2. Replace shell. On a PC with Windows 98 installed, boot to DOS (hold down Ctrl and select Command Prompt Only). Move explorer.exe from the C:\Windows directory to a floppy. Move shell32.dll and comdlg32.dll from C:\Windows\System to floppies. Copy the Windows 95 versions of these three files into the correct locations and reboot. Step 3. Delete folders. In Windows 98, delete the following folders (including all files they contain) from the C:\Windows folder: ...Catroot ...Cookies ...Downloaded Program Files ...History ...Java ...Temporary Internet Files ...Web From the C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft folder, delete Internet Explorer and Welcome. From the C:\Program Files folder, delete Internet Explorer and Uninstall Information. Search for and delete all Desktop.ini and *.htt files (used for "Web view" of folders). Finally, if you are the sole user of the PC, delete C:\Windows\All Users. Step 4. Delete Favorites. Exit to DOS and delete the C:\Windows\Favorites folder. On the downside, you lose the Windows Update feature. Notepad and WordPad won't work either, but you can copy the Win95 versions if you need these editors. If you don't want to do all this, see http://www.98lite.net/ -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
