Hello,
I am running windows XP on my desktop. I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser and i love it. Internet explorer is so irritating. I just want to remove internet explorer. Is there any way to do that?
Any and all suggestions are accepted.
Hello,
I am running windows XP on my desktop. I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser and i love it. Internet explorer is so irritating. I just want to remove internet explorer. Is there any way to do that?
Any and all suggestions are accepted.
Try this:
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click on Tools Menu
- Then Click Internet Options
- Go to Connections tab
- Click on the LAN Settings
- In the Proxy server section, check the box next to Use a proxy server for your LAN
- In the Address: text box, enter 0.0.0.0.
- In the Port: text box, enter 80
- Click OK
Here are some Microsoft links related to internet explorer uninstall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q277624
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q291558
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q318378
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q246194/
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q175610
To remove internet explorer, you can use following method:
- Open on Notepad file
- Copy following in notepad:
@echo off
C:
cd "\Program Files\Internet Explorer"
if not exist IEXPLORE.EXE goto End
if exist IEXPLORE.EX_ del IEXPLORE.EX_
if not exist IEXPLORE.DIR md IEXPLORE.DIR
if not exist IEXPLORE.DIR goto End
attrib -r -h -s IEXPLORE.EXE
ren IEXPLORE.EXE IEXPLORE.EX_
if exist IEXPLORE.EXE goto End
ren IEXPLORE.DIR IEXPLORE.EXE
echo IE disabled.
echo If prompted, click "Cancel" then "Yes" on File Protection restore.
echo Run enable-ie.bat to allow IE to run again.
:End- Save this file as "disable-ie.bat"
- Double click on that saved "disable-ie.bat" file
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