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| Internet Explorer is tightly integrated with your OS (Windows 2000/Windows XP). Any attempts to remove it using only tools built into Windows will not actually be an uninstallation. Instead, it will only remove access to the program. This means that any shortcuts that you may have to [[Internet Explorer]] will be removed. However, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/executable executable] itself will not go away. As you can delete the shortcuts yourself, the "uninstallation" serves little purpose. One could wonder why it is so difficult to remove Internet Explorer. The United States Department of Justice actually initiated a [http://www.microsoftusernetwork.com/bgfn/antitrust/antitrust_evidences.htm lawsuit] because of this question. However, that failed, so at the moment, you have no way to remove [[IE]] from within. Also, it is not recommended that you remove Internet Explorer from your computer using third-party programs.
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| There are sites that will only work with Internet Explorer so you might still need it and Windows Update will only work with Internet Explorer. Therefore, by uninstalling Internet Explorer you are losing a necessary tool for maintaining your Windows OS and downloading bug and security fixes. This is unacceptable due to the absolute need to perform updates on Windows. If you are not using Internet Explorer, you can delete the icon on the desktop and only use it when necessary.
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| If, despite this advice, you would still like to uninstall IE, then [http://litepc.com/ LitePC] is a good place to start. LitePC or any other third-party program that removes IE is most definitely not recommended for novice users.
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Latest revision as of 22:38, 11 September 2006
