fun fun fun I just spent the last 30 mins trying to figure out how to uninstall internet explorer 7 from my pc after finding out its incompatable with the few applications I even keep windows around for.
If you try to do it just by going to add/remove software you wont find it. Here is how you have to do it:
1. Go to Control Panel
2. Click Add or Remove Programs
3. Click Show Updates checkbox
4. Click whatever version of IE7 you have. For example “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview”
5. Click the Change/Remove button
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Why everyone doesn’t use FF, I’ll never know.
unfortunately some apps are dependent on the IE stuff =(
I still keep it to boost my Alexa Ranking though..If FireFox can get the Alexa Toolbar (the legit one which sends them the traffic stats), then my world would be complete
cec – the search status one updates alexa properly. Check your live headers
http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/
The only reason why I keep it around is to make sure my sites acutally look good in IE…I hate spending a day coding then realize that I hadn’t checked it in IE all day. End up having to go back and hack it up where I forgot to just so I can make it work…grrr.
Curse IE and everyone that uses it. :p
Thats why people are ecommended to use FF
Yet, you may find useful to have explorer 6 AND 7 on the same machine, because the 7 is doing some serious mess on the css files of many site and templates.
Try this nice “method” to have both of them (even if the 7 is barely functional, but you don’t need the frills to check a layout)
http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
3 words – Firefox for life.
I’m actually the first site on google for uninstall internet explorer 7 after microsoft and lifehacker
one good hack a user mentioned is that you can still install the ie6 standalone: http://browsers.evolt.org/download.php?/ie/32bit/standalone/ie6eolas_nt.zip
very useful for keeping ie6/ie7 online for testing.
i think it’s harder to make sure things work in ff than ie…
I never cared to remove IE7, I only use it to test some pages, start fresh sessions to see how link behaves, and rarely use IE only sites. Otherwise, It’s Firefox all the way.
This is so funny..
I spent nearly 40 mins on exactly the same day trying to remove that useless excuse for a browser. And wound up with exactly the same solution..
At least I can say it works..
Is anyone else extremely annoyed by the new menu system in IE7? That in and of itself is reason to go back to IE6, which was marginally better.
I actually really like IE7. I think most people are just fan boys who go along the I hate Microsoft crowd.
I like the plugins for FF no doubt… but IE7 is very good.
I use FF for all my browsing but when developing you really need to have FF and IE. I really HATE how FF “fixes” some HTML errors while IE reads-through the code and shows the errors on the screen.
Recently I’ve had a problem with FF displaying the correct menu and IE randomly displaying it correct and other times all spaced oddly.
So, now not only do we have to code for FF, but IE6 AND IE7.
It comes down to the “basic user” uses some version of IE and there are more basic users than advanced (FF) users out there, so coding for FF only is shooting yourself in the foot.
this one’s great . . . i’m gonig to have to definitely pass this along to my readers . . . long live firefox!
Even better than removing it, use Linux. Then you don’t have to worry about that shitty browser at all. Opera and Firefox knock it out of the park anyway.
hmm isn’t this like public knowledge?
ah no okej hehe
Not all work so:
HOW TO REMOVE INTERNET EXPLORER 7
Method 1: Use “Add or Remove Programs” to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
Step 1: Use “Add or Remove Programs” to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
a. Click Start, and then click Run.
b. In the Open box, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
c. In the list of programs, click Windows Internet Explorer 7, and then click Remove.
d. Follow the wizard instructions to uninstall Internet Explorer 7.
After you uninstall Internet Explorer 7, double-click the Internet Explorer icon to verify that Internet Explorer 6 is restored.
If you cannot uninstall Internet Explorer 7 by using this method, try Method 2.
Method 2: Use Spuninst.exe to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
Step 1: Make hidden files and hidden folders visible
a. Click Start, and then click My Documents.
b. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
c. Click the View tab.
d. In the Advanced settings list, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK.
Step 2: Run Spuninst.exe to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
a. Click Start, and then click Run.
b. In the Open box, type %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe, and then click OK.
c. Follow the wizard instructions to uninstall Internet Explorer 7.
After you uninstall Internet Explorer 7, double-click the Internet Explorer icon to verify that Internet Explorer 6 is restored.
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