win98se with no IE, for a lil while. hehehe

well, they said it couldn't be done. if you reinstall windows you cannot uninstall internet explorer. looked like everyone was right.

i'd already upgraded IE to 5.01, and reinstalled win98se, so i was not able to uninstall it. the uninstall info packet had been lost. and then i checked the registry. only to find many entries for IE 4. removing any of these entries causes win98se to go kablooey. BSoD becomes your number one screen item. <chuckle> and you must re-install windows.

i was determined it would not be so. i've got a good setup here, and desire to keep it. not much goes on my "C:\" drive. and i like it like that.

well, i uninstalled netmeeting, outlook express, and internet explorer 5.01. then i edited the registry using regedit. and deleted every key i could find with any reference to netmeeting, outlook express, and especially internet explorer. their were still entries from IE 4.0. no matter, i took them all out.

i had already downloaded the latest version of IE to install at a later date. now was the time. i ran smartdrv /c to clear the cache, and installed IE 6.00.2800.1106
it went in like a charm. my registry has the program files entry pointing to "D:\Program Files ". IE installed itself and outlook express to the D: drive. now was the time for truth. i ran smartdrv /c again just prior to rebooting and crossed my fingers as i hit the windows key> U > R and waited for her to reboot. what a mess! the speakers came out with loud horrendous beeping. she crashed the explorer.exe, the system tray, and just sat there frozen. i hit the power button and rebooted. on the third reboot, she was fine. i've checked the device manager, the internal settings and the logs. she's running like a charm.

i checked in "C:\windows\program files" for the internet explorer folder and the outlook express folder. outlook express was not there. and the internet explorer folder on the c: drive only has one entry, the uninstall info file. <chuckle>

I AM INVINCIBLE! <big ole grin> i've done what everyone else says is not possible. micro$oft insists you will need to re-install windows. every tech site i've been to says the same thing.

it can be done. yes, it can be done.

want to hear the killer? i came to this website, and registered so i could post and get some help with this issue. but the board is setup for a response from email. and i had no email program installed. i came here between uninstalling outlook express and deleting IE. <chuckle> so i thought i'd come back, and let you all know that you can totally delete IE from windows98se and recover the platform. yes, it can be done. <big ole grin>

well, till another day,

Have A Lot Of Fun!

<smile>

 

All you really needed was this

Worked great on my 98se.