How can I get IE 7 off my computer?

Question

"I installed IE 7 on my computer. I am not satisfied with it's proformance. It will not allow me to install any other browser. It also will not allow me to uninstall it in any way. I have tried add/delete programs and unistall from the programs menu. It will not let me reset my "system restore" to before it was installed. It keeps trying to shut down my computer. It's almost like it knows that I am trying to get rid of it. It's kind of spooky, like microsoft has designed it to block any effort to get rid of it. It pops up a box that says that Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. I never had any problems with IE 6. How can I get IE 7 off my computer?"

Answer 1

Try Firefox instead
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Here's why
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Once Firefox is running and you are happy with it if you still want to get IE7 off your machine then have a read through the options here
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/398625.html
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Answer 2

I had a similar issue with the "..has encountered a problem and needs to close" pop up. This doesn't totally uninstall IE, more of a disable but what I did was:

Start - control panel - add remove programs

On the left hand side of the program list you will see add/remove windows components. Un-check Internet Explorer and click on next. I then installed Firefox.

IE hasn't bothered me since :P

Answer 3

If you still can't get rid of the problem what I would do is if you have Windows XP press F10 when you restart your computer and keep pressing it untill you get a screen and somewhere on there, there should be an option that says Restore your computer to an earlier date. Now this works. The computer will choose dates it thinks are important or you can set your own but once you set the date there is no turning back.

Answer 4

Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 RC1

To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 and restore Internet Explorer 6 when using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Add or Remove Programs.
Scroll down to Windows Internet Explorer 7, click it, and then click Change/Remove.
If you cannot find Internet Explorer 7 in Add or Remove Programs, click Start, click Run, type %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe, and then press ENTER.

Note: %windir% is the location of your Windows directory, which can usually be found at C:\Windows. To do this, you need to have "view hidden folders" enabled.

Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3, Beta 2, Beta 2 Preview, or Beta 1

To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3, Beta 2, Beta 2 Preview, or Beta 1 and restore Internet Explorer 6 when using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003:

Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Add or Remove Programs.
Scroll down to "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3", "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2", or "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview", click it, and then click Change/Remove.
If you cannot find any version of Internet Explorer 7 in the previous step, select the Show Updates check box at the top of the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, scroll down to Windows XP - Software Updates, select "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview" or "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1", and then click Change/Remove.
If you cannot find an Internet Explorer 7 entry using Add or Remove Programs, try running these commands. Each is for a different release of Internet Explorer 7, so only one will succeed. To run any of these commands, you need to have the View hidden folders option enabled. In the commands below, %windir% is the location of your Windows directory, which can usually be found at C:\Windows. To run these commands, click Start, click Run, and then type one of the following:

%windir%\ ie7beta3\ spuninst\ spuninst.exe.
%windir%\ $NtUninstallie7beta1$\ spuninst\ spuninst.exe.
%windir%\ $NtUninstallie7bet2p$ \spuninst\ spuninst.exe.
%windir%\ $NtUninstallie7b2pmx$ \spuninst \spuninst.exe.
%windir%\ $NtUninstallie7beta2$ \spuninst\spuninst.exe.

Answer 5

Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
Uninstall IE 7 from the list. If it does not show up there, then click 'Show Updates' and then uninstall it. IE will be automatically be downgraded to version 6.

Answer 6

Hi,

From the control panel I was able to uninstall it. Select to show updates. Find and uninstall IE7.

The folder on your hardrive usually drive C will still show the folder on IE though.

Karl
http://www.deletespyware-adware.com/

Answer 7

you have to get a seperate uninstalling software for getting IE or Messenger off the PC. it is available , but not for free.

Answer 8

It would be nice if you could get it off, but MS has screwed us over again. Try to install Firefox.

Answer 9

you would possibly want to unistall the IE replace, not the actual application. once you bypass to operate/remove, tick the "tutor Updates" container and decide th IE7 replace. this may roll it decrease back for your previous version.

Answer 10

reinstall it with IE 6