Repairing IE 6

Geminate

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Dec 17, 2005, 10:55:02 PM12/17/05

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When I had Win98 and WinME you used to be able to go to the Add or Remove
Programs and click on IE and select Repair to repair IE. In WinXP there
isn't even a listing in Add or Remove Programs, so how else can you repair IE?

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]

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Dec 18, 2005, 12:50:17 AM12/18/05

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Geminate wrote:

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
"How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP".
You will need to uninstall WinXP SP2 from Control Panel -> Add/Remove
Programs and then reinstall Service Pack 2.
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350
"How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer".
That's the method to reinstall IE/OE in WinXP SP2.

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

Geminate

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Dec 18, 2005, 1:31:01 AM12/18/05

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There isn't any service pack 2 to remove in Add or Remove Programs. I am
using Windows XP Professional which had service pack 2 built in.

Thanks,
Geminate

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]

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Dec 18, 2005, 1:53:59 AM12/18/05

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From
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378/en-us#XSLTH3130121123120121120120
"Windows XP SP2: Reinstall Windows XP SP2".

Try this first:
Click Start, click Run, type "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
/rereg in the Open box, and then click OK.

Jim Byrd

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Dec 18, 2005, 2:59:51 AM12/18/05

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Hi Geminate - There is no direct Repair function for IE6 in XP. Here are
some alternatives:

1. If you're on XP SP2, try the suggestions in KB 870700, here: How to
troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with Internet Explorer 6
Service Pack 2, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870700#9 first.

With XP you need to go (as an Administrator) to Start|Run and type "sfc
/scannow" (without the quotes and notice the space between the c and the /.)
Have your XP CD handy and be prepared to go get a cup of coffee - it takes a
while. This will do the same thing as Repair IE6 for XP but a lot more,
that is find any corrupt system files and replace them. It does NOT,
however, re-register the various software components, and you will need to
do this manually using regsvr32.exe if any are shown as replaced in
Event Viewer|System.

Be aware that under certain circumstances (Win2k before SP4 - see mskb
814510, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q814510) sfc
can erroneously overwrite (restore over) previously installed files from
certain "hotfixes" which will then need to be re-installed. This may also
apply to XP. To check for this, after running sfc, open a Cmd window and
enter "qfecheck /v /l:c:\" (without the quotes). If you don't have qfecheck
installed, it can be obtained for XP here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35468 and for Win2k
here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35470 A
version stated to be common to both is available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=155C7C58-102E-47B0-A12A-BFAB8CFCCC03
Further information about qfecheck is available here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282784/EN/

2. Another alternative for just IE6 repair if you don't have IE6 listed in
Add-Remove Programs, then in Start|Run then enter

"rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance"

without the quotes, exactly as shown (it's case sensitive), and select the
appropriate entry. More detailed info is available here: Description of
the Internet Explorer Repair Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

3. If you find that you need to do a re-install of IE6 then you can
consider the following:

1) Insert the Windows installation CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2) Click Start, and click Run.
3) Copy the command prompt below in the Open box (exactly as shown - it's
case sensitive), and click OK. (Assumes %System% is installed in Windows on
your C:\ partition. Change as appropriate for your particular situation.)

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132
c:\windows\inf\ie.inf

4) It will display a "File Needed" screen, click "Browse.." and browse to
<CD-ROM drive>\i386, (where <CD-ROM drive> is the drive letter of the
CD-ROM, For example, D:).

5) Click Open, click Ok, it should begin reinstalling Internet Explorer.

(NOTE: It has been reported, courtesy of Steve Wechsler, that if you're on
Windows XP Pro SP2, it may prompt you for some files that it cannot find in
the WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder, which you'll then need to browse
to. It's thought that this may apply to XP Home also. The specific files
are iexplore.exe which actually IS in the i386 folder, mswrd632.wpc
, which is located in the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\TextConv folder, AND, INSTALL.IN_ , which will be located on
a slipstreamed XP Pro CD in the i386 folder and also located in the i386
folder on an XP Pro SP1 disk. So, copying the 2 files above to the
WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder should allow you to be able to
repair/reinstall IE on an SP2 system by right clicking ie.inf in the
WINDOWS\inf folder and selecting Install or using the rundll32.exe line
given above.)

4. You can try this also: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm

5. Lastly, here is a link to a MSKB article about re-installing IE6/OE6:

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows

XP (Q318378)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;Q318378

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP/DTS/AH-VSOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
http://DefendingYourMachine.blogspot.com/

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Touch Base

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Dec 18, 2005, 6:02:31 AM12/18/05

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Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog and navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}. In the right-hand pane, double-click on the DWORD value IsInstalled and change it from 1 to 0 (no matter whether you choose Decimal or Hexadecimal).

Close REGEDIT and go to the Windows update site again. Now it should let you "update" IE and, with luck, fix the problems.

By the way, you can do the same thing if you need to repair Outlook Express, but at the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}.

Consider adding the /Q switch to IE-installer path in the Run box, this will prevent the installer from checking upon the installed IE version.

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Geminate

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Dec 18, 2005, 1:17:02 PM12/18/05

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Thanks for your help ( and others) everything is working now!

Geminate

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Dec 18, 2005, 1:19:02 PM12/18/05

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Thanks for your help above and beyond (especially informative) ( and others)
everything is working now!

Geminate

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Dec 18, 2005, 1:21:02 PM12/18/05

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Thanks for your detailed help (and others) everything is working now!

Geminate

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]

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Dec 19, 2005, 1:31:44 AM12/19/05

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Geminate wrote:

> Thanks for your help ( and others) everything is working now!
>
> Geminate

YW. Glad to help and thanks for posting back, Geminate.
Have a nice day ;-)