Saryth Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Well, a few months ago, i installed ie8, and now its really annoys me, so i go to add and remove, find ie8 and click it, and guess what? the remove button is not there! what i do? :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevensage Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 system restore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 I herad that dont unistall apps, and if it did, it delete all my stuff that i download between then and now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevensage Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 it will restore your system to before you installed ie8, and yes if u installed other apps after ie8 u will need to re-install them, but if it realy annoys you, then its your best bet On Vista it is hidden away in the View Installed Updates section. You still get to it via Control Panel -> Uninstall a program. But then it is sitting over on the left panel. Click on View installed updates. Find IE8 in the list and click Uninstall from the top bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 heres a screenshot I have got sp3 RC2 refresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srsly Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I use Youruninstaller to uninstall programs, really great program and it lets you uninstall all windows components that the default xp uninstaller might not even list. Its not free though. There is also a standalone version of IE7, which let you install it besides other IE versions, http://tredosoft.com/IE7_standalone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 When i use CCleaner, It says uninstaller not found, if by any chance, some one has a copy of the uninstaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevensage Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 you never said you were using XP, I read somewhere that you may need to re-install ie8 (even a couple of times), to fix the broken unistaller issue, hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Installung it for the 4th time :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 maybe you deleted the hotfix uninstaller using ccleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Oh ****, i did! could you send me the copy of the folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_dandy_ Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Personally, I wouldn't trust the uninstaller of an early beta of something so tightly integrated with the OS to properly cleanup after itself to begin with. I had IE8 installed on a machine, wanted to get rid of it, and never even looked for the installer. Wipe/reinstall, no questions asked; I've been working with Windows long enough to know better. If you can't afford to do that to this particular machine, you shouldn't be running an early IE beta on it anyway. If you don't have another machine, Virtual PC is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Ahh, not gonna use ie anymore anyways, i just wanted to get more space back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I can send you the uninstall folder if you still want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 please? i deleted the hidden ie8 folder in WINDOWS folder, but i dont think it matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Q1: Which OS are you using and did you install any updates or Service Packs? Q2: Which IE did you have before IE8? And did you update that IE regularly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 A1: I have xp and after i installed ie8, i think i installed sp3 after it A2 I had ie7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 So you had XP+SP2 -> Installed IE7 -> Installed IE8 Beta -> Installed SP3 Beta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 yes i did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_dandy_ Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 yes i did You're so screwed. Even if you could get it uninstalled, I wouldn't put much trust in that system's stability after going through that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 ^ I agree. IE 8 Beta + SP3 Beta on a live system isn't such a great idea. -- Anyways, Saryth, I've created an uninstaller for you that should revert you back to IE7. As usual, don't forget to close all open programs. Create a System Restore Point if possible. Download: ie8beta_uninstaller_XPSP2.zip (8.58 MB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Dude, please understand what you are doing before running a beta, upon a beta, and then deleting deliberately hidden folders within system folders. Seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saryth Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) got a new PC anyways, now how am i gonna get past WGA on that system....... It says sp2, it might not work EDIT: YAY, it worked, mand my pc is smooth :) thanks Dex :) Edited April 25, 2008 by Saryth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_dandy_ Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 got a new PC anyways, now how am i gonna get past WGA on that system.......It says sp2, it might not work EDIT: YAY, it worked, mand my pc is smooth :) thanks Dex :) Give it a few days. You might change opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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