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How do you prevent Internet Explorer from being installed? And also, how do you remove this on an existing Windows installation without using any third party software?

Don't tell me to do a search, because I already did! :P I only got instructions on repairing it, but not removing it.


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If its Windows XP (with SP1 or higher) or Windows 2000 (SP3 or higher) that you're talking about, you have a glut of options:

1. Use nLite (its forum is right here on MSFN) to rip IE out from the install source itself. So that you never get to see its ugly face (even to uninstall it) again.

2. Use the "iexplore=off" component value in winnt.sif (does the same as below, but unattended)

3. This one's for an existing installation, Go to:

Control Panel >> Add/Remove Programs >> Set Program Access and Defaults

(this one will only just remove shortcuts to it, IE will still stay)

4. XPlite can remove IE from an existing installation (not perfect, its risky)

5. Don't care about the other possibilities. :P

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The only two ways for removing IE. I know of are:

nLite and XPLite.

nLite does it before installation and XPLite does it after.

EDIT:

prathapml, you typed faster, lol

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