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Started by Stuart Cowie
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00
Uninstall IE5
Author: Stuart Cowie
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00
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When IE5 was first released I downloaded it from the web. PC Pro provided the full version on their June 1999 cover disc; when I tried to install the full version there was a message about the original version of IE5 having the uninstall function disabled (news to me). I eventually had problems with IE5 and uninstalled it using Add/Remove from the Control Panel - now when I try to install the version from the cover disc the PC gives me the above message I click on OK, accept the licence agreement and then I get the message - Setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running Setup again. I follow the advice but still get this message. I am having to use Netscape at the moment which is fine, except, I can only access my bank account on the web using IE. Any suggestions as to how to get IE (in any version) back would be appreciated. -- Stuart Cowie
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: Nick Hall
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00
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Stuart Cowie wrote: > > Any suggestions as to how to get IE (in any version) back would be > appreciated. You might have luck with a copy of infernal explorer 4 or 3. It might say there is a newer version of ie present, but force your will on windohs. :) -- Nick Remove .SPANKYSPAM from my email address to reply......
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: Dane Pestano
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 00:00
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Hi Stuart, Stuart Cowie <stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:FFnoDEACjCn3Ewd8@dougallplace.demon.co.uk... > I eventually had problems with IE5 and uninstalled it using Add/Remove > from the Control Panel - now when I try to install the version from the > cover disc the PC gives me the above message I click on OK, accept the > licence agreement and then I get the message - > > Setup was unable to install all the components. > > Please close all applications and try running Setup again. There are a few files in the windows/system folder you can delete or rename to get the install going . Can't remember all of them but three I think are Wininet.dll, Shlwapi.dll and Wintrust.dll. Good luck. Regards Dane
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: Stuart Cowie
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 00:00
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In article <7nvp0o$bdf$1@news1.cableinet.co.uk>, Dane Pestano <psychonaut@cableinet.co.uk> writes >Hi Stuart, > >Stuart Cowie <stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >news:FFnoDEACjCn3Ewd8@dougallplace.demon.co.uk... >> I eventually had problems with IE5 and uninstalled it using Add/Remove >> from the Control Panel - now when I try to install the version from the >> cover disc the PC gives me the above message I click on OK, accept the >> licence agreement and then I get the message - >> > Setup was unable to install all the components. >> > Please close all applications and try running Setup again. > >There are a few files in the windows/system folder you can delete or rename >to get the install going . Can't remember all of them but three I think are >Wininet.dll, Shlwapi.dll and Wintrust.dll. > >Good luck. > >Regards >Dane > > Hi Dane I have tried to remove/move these files but, because they are in use, I'm not allowed to - thanks anyway. I'm considering formatting my hard drive and starting from scratch. -- Stuart
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: Bill Barr
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
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In article <YD2PSAA9$0p3EwOJ@dougallplace.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Cowie <stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <7nvp0o$bdf$1@news1.cableinet.co.uk>, Dane Pestano ><psychonaut@cableinet.co.uk> writes >>Hi Stuart, >> >>Stuart Cowie <stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:FFnoDEACjCn3Ewd8@dougallplace.demon.co.uk... >>> I eventually had problems with IE5 and uninstalled it using Add/Remove >>> from the Control Panel - now when I try to install the version from the >>> cover disc the PC gives me the above message I click on OK, accept the >>> licence agreement and then I get the message - >>> > Setup was unable to install all the components. >>> > Please close all applications and try running Setup again. >> >>There are a few files in the windows/system folder you can delete or rename >>to get the install going . Can't remember all of them but three I think are >>Wininet.dll, Shlwapi.dll and Wintrust.dll. >> >Hi Dane > >I have tried to remove/move these files but, because they are in use, >I'm not allowed to - thanks anyway. > >I'm considering formatting my hard drive and starting from scratch. Stuart Same thing happened to me a few months ago including the 'Setup was unable to install components......' warning. I did eventually get the damn thing unistalled but not without a lot of help from the Microsoft Knowledge base (sic!). It seems that manual uninstall is perhaps the only option you may have - it certainly was for me. Two pages to have a look at are:- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/6/79.asp (For information about the warning you (and I) received and the reasons behind it) and http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/3/44.asp (for the complete manual uninstall instructions. You will have to make some Registry changes so take a LOT of care. BTW I have read somewhere that formatting the hard-drive may not always provide a solution. -- Bill Barr Glasgow
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: John Gilliver
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
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Stuart Cowie (stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk) wrote: [] : I have tried to remove/move these files but, because they are in use, : I'm not allowed to - thanks anyway. : I'm considering formatting my hard drive and starting from scratch. [] starting up in command prompt and using the old cd and del commands is usually a lot less drastic than a reformat (-:! -- (Amend return address when replying.) -- J. P. Gilliver | Tel: +44 1245 242133 Marconi Electronic Systems | Fax: +44 1245 242124 or 475244 Ltd., GREAT BADDOW, Essex, | Home: G6JPG [] soft255.demon.co.uk CM2 8HN, United Kingdom. | Email: john.gilliver [] gecm.com ([]="@") "This post is offered in good faith but shall not be contractually binding on and does not necessarily reflect the view of Marconi Electronic Systems Ltd."
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: Stuart Cowie
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
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In article <R3tz$EA4U4p3EwsC@fira1.demon.co.uk>, Bill Barr <nws@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <YD2PSAA9$0p3EwOJ@dougallplace.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Cowie ><stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk> writes >>In article <7nvp0o$bdf$1@news1.cableinet.co.uk>, Dane Pestano >><psychonaut@cableinet.co.uk> writes >>>Hi Stuart, >>> >>>Stuart Cowie <stuart@dougallplace.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>>news:FFnoDEACjCn3Ewd8@dougallplace.demon.co.uk... >>>> I eventually had problems with IE5 and uninstalled it using Add/Remove >>>> from the Control Panel - now when I try to install the version from the >>>> cover disc the PC gives me the above message I click on OK, accept the >>>> licence agreement and then I get the message - >>>> > Setup was unable to install all the components. >>>> > Please close all applications and try running Setup again. >>> >>>There are a few files in the windows/system folder you can delete or rename >>>to get the install going . Can't remember all of them but three I think are >>>Wininet.dll, Shlwapi.dll and Wintrust.dll. >>> >>Hi Dane >> >>I have tried to remove/move these files but, because they are in use, >>I'm not allowed to - thanks anyway. >> >>I'm considering formatting my hard drive and starting from scratch. > >Stuart > >Same thing happened to me a few months ago including the 'Setup was >unable to install components......' warning. I did eventually get the >damn thing unistalled but not without a lot of help from the Microsoft >Knowledge base (sic!). It seems that manual uninstall is perhaps the >only option you may have - it certainly was for me. > >Two pages to have a look at are:- > >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/6/79.asp > >(For information about the warning you (and I) received and the reasons >behind it) > >and > >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/3/44.asp > >(for the complete manual uninstall instructions. > >You will have to make some Registry changes so take a LOT of care. BTW I >have read somewhere that formatting the hard-drive may not always >provide a solution. Thanks Bill, I'll look at those pages first. -- Stuart Cowie Dalkeith
Re: Uninstall IE5
Author: Stuart Cowie
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 00:00
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Thanks to everyone who answered my original post - I now have a fully working copy of IE5. If anyone is interested I removed the three dll files from Windows/System and this allowed me to reinstall IE5. -- Stuart Cowie
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