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IE 7 won't go away!

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:31 pm
by Luke
I downloaded the Internet Explorer 7 beta and now I can't get rid of it. Does anybody know how I can go back to IE 6?

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:33 pm
by feyd
format. :lol:

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:39 pm
by Ree
You CAN'T. Muhahahahha :twisted:

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:40 pm
by chinhnt2k3
Try going to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components and untick IE

Re: IE 7 won't go away!

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:19 pm
by AKA Panama Jack
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:I downloaded the Internet Explorer 7 beta and now I can't get rid of it. Does anybody know how I can go back to IE 6?
Chuckle...

I thought most people knew that MS doesn't like for you to be able to remove anything of theirs. :D You are kind of screwed. :)

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:10 pm
by Luke
smurf!
<--- on my work computer. Can't format. So yes. I am screwed.

I downloaded it thinking that it wasn't integrated with Windows anymore and it could be removed.

Internet explorer 7 sucks by the way.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:51 pm
by alvinphp
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:smurfInternet explorer 7 sucks by the way.
Why does it sucks? I actually like this a whole lot more then IE6 so not sure why you would want to uninstall and go back.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:00 pm
by RobertPaul
chinhnt2k3 wrote:Try going to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components and untick IE
That only removes the IE shortcuts on the Start Menu and Desktop.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:25 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/02/08 ... -with-ie6/

They have a link to a remover as well as instructions.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:01 am
by matthijs
For exactly this reason I haven't installed ie7 yet. Will have to in the near future though, to start testing *cough* see what new bugs I'll have to deal with. I hope some clever person will build a nice complete package of all ie-versions (5?, 5.5, 6.0, 7) which can be safely used seperately. Just as it is now with the standalone 5/5.5 package.

Pff, I don't want to think about the mess we're going to get when 1) some bugs are fixed 2) some not 3) some bugfixes will mess up "hacks" or workarounds used before to fix the earlier bugs 4) some earlier workarounds will introduce new bugs. I'm really looking forward to go back to all sites and testing them again. I haven't anything else to do :evil:

As it seems at the moment, the probability of this scenario becoming true is large.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:51 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
I keep waiting for the EU to start landing MS with extra distribution conditions ;). They already have to package XP without Media Player in the EU, next up will be IE, then Outlook Express, then...

IE7 is still Beta - I'm a bit surprised they didn't allow its easy removal given that small factoid.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:17 am
by JayBird
It was easy enough to remove on my system...just go to add remove programs...check the "show updates box" then unistall desited app.

Simple

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:51 pm
by alvinphp
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:I keep waiting for the EU to start landing MS with extra distribution conditions ;). They already have to package XP without Media Player in the EU, next up will be IE, then Outlook Express, then...

IE7 is still Beta - I'm a bit surprised they didn't allow its easy removal given that small factoid.
It is very easy to remove. Just go to add/remove programs and remove. I am now back on IE6 with no problems. I would of kept IE7, but it was still a little buggy.

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:25 pm
by Luke
I will have to get my admin to add/remove for me cuz I don't have permissions