Uninstalling Internet explorer and outlook express?!!?

Question

They are not listed in the add/remove programs list? There is no uninstall app!! Help me from the bad apps!!

Answer 1

Internet explorer is a part of Windows and you can't uninstall it 100%.

"While a major upgrade of Internet Explorer can be uninstalled in a traditional way if the user has saved the original application files for uninstallation, the matter of uninstalling the version of the browser that has shipped with an operating system remains a controversial one.

The idea of removing a stock install of Internet Explorer from a Windows system was first proposed during the United States v. Microsoft case. Critics felt that users should have the right to uninstall Internet Explorer freely just like any other application software. One of Microsoft's arguments during the trial was that removing Internet Explorer from Windows may result in system instability.
The Australian computer scientist Shane Brooks demonstrated that Windows 98 could in fact run with Internet Explorer removed.[24] Brooks went on to develop software designed to customize Windows versions by removing "undesired components", which is known as 98lite. He later created XPLite to support NT based operating systems. Both of these pieces of software can remove IE after the installation of the operating system. However, both of these pieces of software work, in part, by installing obsolete versions of components (such as Windows Explorer) required by the operating system to function.

There are a few popular methods for removing IE from a copy of the Windows install disc so it never touches the user's hard drive. A method developed by Fred Vorck involves the manual removal of IE from installation discs. nLite, on the other hand, is an automated program that allows users to exclude IE and many other Windows components from installation as desired. In some older versions of Windows and in Windows Fundamentals there is an option to install Internet Explorer.

Removing Internet Explorer does have a number of consequences. Some applications that depend on libraries installed by IE may fail to function, or have unexpected behaviors. Intuit's Quicken is a typical example, which depends heavily upon the HTML rendering components installed by the browser. The Windows help and support system will also not function due to the heavy reliance on HTML help files and components of IE. It is also not possible to run Microsoft's Windows Update with any other browser due to the service's implementation of an ActiveX control, which no other browser supports. Another possibility is to use AutoPatcher, an unofficial and unauthorised update manager, which does not require the use of a web browser at all."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Removal

How to Remove Internet Explorer 6 or Outlook Explorer 6 by Reinstalling Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B312451&x=13&y=15
"Step 3: Reinstall Windows
When you now reinstall Windows, the original version of Internet Explorer that is included with your version of Windows is installed."

->The Figlet!
And you think that will remove IE 100%?
Please read some more about it.

Answer 2

IE and Outlook are not considered to be "Programs", but rather are components of Windows. From the Add/Remove you have to go to Add Windows Components. Look under there and you will find check boxes to remove both.

However, many e-mail programs use parts of Outlook Express to run. And Outlook Express requires IE to work. If you remove one or both, you may have problems with you e-mail....

Answer 3

JTB.. It can Be Removed !

Just Click:
Start > Set Programme Access N' Default > Add And Remove Windows Components.

Choose What To get Rid Off. Click Next. Finished

Answer 4

Windows will not allow you to uninstall these as windows uses the files as well, that's why it's not listed.