Dump and reinstall I.E. 8 in Vista

Hi All,

I have just had a problem with IE 8 on a Vista laptop where I could not get the thing to start, IE 8 that is.

Whatever icon, shortcut etc I clicked IE 8 would fail to start. The client wanted to keep it so first you have

to uninstall then reinstall it. The removal is similar to Britec's previous post on dumping IE 8 on Win 7.

However, sometimes IE 8 does not show up so using this method prevents its uninstallation. There is

another way though and this is it:

1. Click Start, and then type Cmd.exe in the Start Search box.

2 . In the list of programs, right-click Cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator.Enter Admin Password if asked

3. Copy the following command:

FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-8*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart"

4. Right-click inside the Command Prompt window then click Paste to paste the command you copied.

5. Press ENTER to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.

6. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.

After rebooting you will have the version of IE that you had before installing IE8

I encountered this problem after a heavy virus infection, so if you still want IE8, then after reboot download and install it again. I did this and every thing now works just fine. Happy Client!

cheers,

ticker