How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 (almost)
Windows 7 now has the ability to “uninstall” Internet Explorer 8. This decision was most likely made due to the antitrust issues Microsoft has been facing with the European Union, who has been pressuring Microsoft to either provide alternative browsers or not offer IE at all. Interestingly, European copies of Windows do not come with any built-in Media Players.
Anyway, “uninstall” means you can now remove the Internet Explorer executable completely from Windows 7. The IE files themselves will not be removed (for now) because IE has been integrated into a couple Windows components. If you really want to get rid of the IE executable, this is how.
1) Open the Start Menu and type in Windows Features
2) Uncheck the Internet Explorer box
Once you click OK, you will be prompted to restart. After the restart, Windows will make a few configurations and reboot again. After that, you’re all set.
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Thanks for the very good information. Actually i was looking for the step by step information. The main thing in windows 7 is that Windows 7 has the ability to “uninstall” Internet Explorer 8
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Can IE8 be replaced with IE7 on Windows 7? We have some VOIP software which will not work on IE8 yet.
I tired installing IE7 on a Windows 7 machine and it said Win 7 doesn’t support IE7. Nice of Microsoft to do this to us!
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Internet Explorer 8 is as stable as Opera and Firefox. it does not crash a lot like IE7.
i am pretty much satisfied about the features and stability of Internet Explorer 8. it is much better than IE6 or IE7.
i do but my computer says windows could not bring any changes .
Internet Explorer 8 seems to be the best browser for me. I can open more than 20 windows simultaneously without crashing. IE7 and IE6 is unstable that if you open more than windows at a time it just freezes or causes the blue screen.
No use, it will disable Explrer itself, but is there any way to go back to Explorer 7 in Win7
I got to the point where IE 8 is no longer on my computer, but when I try to install IE 7 in its’ place it does not work???
i love Internet Explorer 8 because it is so much stable that the previous versions of IE. IE7 sometimes freezes and causes blue screens on my PC.
I need IE 6 for older apps. If I deactivate IE 8 and I try to install IE 6…. There is an newer version of this software…
O.K Microsoft sh.. happens.
I have IE 8 still on mij PC, but it works very (!) bad. Opening more than 5 of 6 windows results in closing down or not responding. Starting Bluetoooth results in a compelte shutdowm of all windows…
But re-inastalle IE 8 results in???
I do not know what anyone is talking about. IE8 in Win 7 on my system crashes abou8t every 20 min. What gives?
Will I lose any data while deleting ie8 off of my computerp
Internet Explorer 8 is really good. This browser is very very stable and i have been using it for quite a while.
I am able to access my Microsoft Office Live Workspace with FireFox but, something is wrong with IE8, it always says, ” Windows Live ID is unavailable for this site”.
Almost I have optimize IE8, enabled Public folder sharing, Web Client service and turned off pop up and Firewall.
it has to work by now with IE8.
does anyone have a suggestion
I welcome any type of suggestion.
i am a firefox user more than an internet explorer user but it seems that Internet explorer 8 is very stable and it its loading time for webpages is faster too.
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I have a Corporate application that only works on Internete Explorer 6 and previous versions. I found this option on my own but I found that it really does not uninstall the program, it only “hides it”. If you try to install version 6 after this procedure you will be prompted with a message reading “the systema has found a newer version of IE, installation will be interrupted”, how can we get rid of IE 8 for good?
saerch ‘multiple IE’ in google. This free app allows the simultanious execution of all IE browsers from version 4 upwards.
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Thanks for the very good information. Actually i in the add or remove programmes to uninstal IE 8
Very very Thanks for this information. Actually i was looking in ADD or Remove programes to uninstal IE 8
Thanks so much for this. I dont really use IE but I had to use it to do one specific thing and it doesnt work at all so I was going to uninstall and reinstall so im hoping maybe this will allow me to do that.