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This question comes up a lot for various, an quite legitimate reasons. Internet Explorer, or "IE" is one of the biggest targets on the internet for virus writers, spyware writers and hackers. Naturally, once in a while due to their efforts, or for other reasons, IE breaks. In which case a repair may be called for. Before we get into IE itself, though, most problems that look like they're caused by IE are not at all. As I mentioned, viruses and spyware may attack or use IE, but they don't necessarily damage it. The viruses and spyware are themselves the "damage". Poorly written add-ons can also manifest as problems within IE. In all these cases "fixing" IE won't help, you need to get at the root of the problem. My earlier article "IExplore.exe has generated an error." Now what? discusses many of the things to look at when you suspect, or experience, a problem in Internet Explorer. So after all that, let's assume you've come to the conclusion that IE itself must be repaired. We'll start with the first part of the question: How do you delete Internet Explorer? Answer: you don't. There are ways to disable parts of it, and even remove other parts of it, but the fact remains that Internet Explorer is a key part of Windows itself. It cannot be completely removed, and still have Windows work. "How do you delete Internet
Explorer? Answer: you don't."
And in fact, that leads us to our first step in repairing Internet Explorer. Under Windows XP, run the System File Checker. This tool performs a check on all operating system components, including Internet Explorer, and repairs any that it finds are missing or damaged. If that doesn't resolve the problem, or you're running a version of Windows that doesn't have the System File Checker, your next best option is a re-install. In fact, your best option in this case is to download and install the latest version of Internet Explorer from Microsoft's web site. This will repair your IE installation, or overwrite it with a fresh installation of the latest version. Related:
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Posted by: joan koenhaas at May 6, 2008 6:06 AM[email removed]@bellsouth.net what is this? Please
fix.
i am getting 2 different dll messages and im hoping i can delete explorer and reinstall it. how do i do that. ive tried the repair tool and it fixed it temporarily. messages are kernel32.dll and mshtml.dll. can you help me?
Posted by: Travis Turner at June 29, 2008 11:33 AM-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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If you mean INTERNET Explorer, please read the article you
just commented on.
If you mean WINDOWS Explorer, you cannot delete and
reinstall it, much like Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer
is also a part of Windows itself. I would start with SFC:
http://ask-leo.com/what_is_the_system_file_checker_and_how_do_i_run_it.html
Leo
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We are having problems with a webpage called webkinz, it is not working properly ,when i got on another computer, it was working just fine. its just this one website i am hav ing trouble with, please help my daughter is driving me nuts cause she wants to play
Posted by: susie at August 8, 2008 1:23 PMI am constantly receiving "Microsoft Internet explorer has encountered a problem and must shut down Sorry blah blah blah every time I shut down a program or almost anything else. I have run repeated scans and know there is quite a number of errors. What is the best program to repair these errors as I do not want to keep purchasing programs and still have problem. I must say unfortunately I am not real computer savvy either Thank You
-Leo
Posted by: Mary at August 17, 2008 7:53 PM
I can't get Windows Updates because IE cannot install the Windows Update ActiveX control. I get error 0x8ddd0004. I have tried all the fixes suggested on the MS web-site for this erro, but not work. I have uninstalled IE7 and the same problem occurs in IE6. Any ideas?
Posted by: Alan Fraser at August 23, 2008 1:50 AMI deleted or totally disabled IE thru the DOS box by accessing each programme and removing all code with PF8 key. While this still left remnants of the programme, it is totally unable to work. I now use only firefox as this highlights dangerous websites. I find it annoying when programmers (microsoft) write programmes that hijack my pc when I want to have control of my PC. Repeat, I WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OF MY PC.
Posted by: Rex Bruce at August 31, 2008 10:56 AMhi.. i want to share you guys that the new IE 8 Beta 2 has a problem.. well, i oftenly used IE to surf the internet where all of the sudden it started to lagged my pc.. suddenly when i refresh my IE got name on my IE toolbar, it is Gdooey Mae.. it have caused many problem on my pc.. my pc wallpaper always changes and also my local disk C: and D: cant open automatically when i click on it.. so plzz can you ppl help me.. not only im facing this problem though.. i guess there's many more...
Posted by: addy at October 17, 2008 10:37 PMI have add-ons that are clogging up my Internet explorer. I am resentful I am not able to uninstall it or at least REMOVE ALL the add-ons completely. I can disable them and remove some but no matter what, some of the same ones try loading themselves when I start it, create new tabs, etc. The program is SLOW and bogs down the CPU. I've tried all the advice on here, and I'd like to start with a CLEAN slate. Please tell me this is possible? Can a revert reset this stuff?
Posted by: Kevin Ashman at October 21, 2008 11:07 PMI have a problem with internet explorer too. I had internet explorer 7.0 for first , but I installed another version of internet explorer 8.2 beta because I wanted to use a webpage that I couldn't use before. Now the problem with that is, I can't use internet explorer for a long time, because it close itself after a short time when I want to use it. What's more I cant't be able to use my files too, the other prolem is I have windows vista and I tried to install another version of internet explorer, but I have to delete 8.2 beta before I install the new one. Can you give me some piece of advise in this case?
Posted by: Anita Nagy at October 31, 2008 6:30 AM