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November 16, 2007, 6:20 AM
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Deleting Internet Explorer from Windows
Originally Posted by Chris Britton
Also, sorry for the weeks absense, the University network went down and as such Firefox was unavaliable, and I had deleted Internet Explorer months back  |
You can't delete Internet Explorer... it's embedded into Windows.
Thanks for the updates though.
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November 16, 2007, 9:30 AM
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Checking........
ah yes, there it is. i deleted it from my programs list but not elsewhere. i thought i had gotten rid of it for good.
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November 16, 2007, 1:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Britton
Checking........
ah yes, there it is. i deleted it from my programs list but not elsewhere. i thought i had gotten rid of it for good.
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The only way to remove Internet Explorer from Windows is to modify a Windows CD so that it does not install it during the installation of the OS. Once it's there, it's too late. Nothing can be done at that point.
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November 16, 2007, 2:30 PM
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Since the internet explorer core is integrated into explorer.exe, its actually impossible to get rid of it.
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November 16, 2007, 2:54 PM
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Bang.
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Yeah, there's no way to get rid of it without getting rid of the file explorer too.
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November 16, 2007, 6:09 PM
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Now let's have some fun!
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If you install the OS without IE, then how do you browse the web to download another browser?
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I guess you'd also have to modify the CD to install Firefox instead or something.
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November 16, 2007, 7:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Rat Souffle
Since the internet explorer core is integrated into explorer.exe, its actually impossible to get rid of it.
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Originally Posted by Superkid11
Yeah, there's no way to get rid of it without getting rid of the file explorer too.
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Not technically true. While they both rely on the same core, they are two distinct processes (IEXPLORE.EXE and EXPLORER.EXE). After removing Internet Explorer from the source CD, IEXPLORE.EXE is no longer available.
Incidentally, it is also possible to remove the IE core from a Windows install. I have never tried this -- presumably it would leave you with a broken EXPLORER.EXE as well.
Originally Posted by Ross Hendrie
If you install the OS without IE, then how do you browse the web to download another browser?
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I include a Firefox installer on the CD. While it is possible to integrate Firefox directly into the OS install, I find that the latest version is never available, so I just include the latest setup file.
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November 17, 2007, 10:50 AM
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Posts have been moved into thier own topic 
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