Has anybody actually tried to remove the Internet Explorer Core using nLite? What exactly would happen if you did? Just curious is all since it's always said to be kept. If all else fails then I'll try it and run it in a VM

Just read what is displayed in nLite and you'll know

Has anybody actually tried to remove the Internet Explorer Core using nLite? What exactly would happen if you did? Just curious is all since it's always said to be kept. If all else fails then I'll try it and run it in a VM

With most games and open source software, just a minor issue, can't use the help.

If you plan to remove Internet Explorer, because of it consuming resources, even when not browsing, beware of the below warning.

*Warning, don't use Commodo Personal Firewall. Because even the control panel is Internet Explorer-driven!

You will get a generic error or a crash if you attempt to use Commodo Personal Firewall. *

I did when I attempted to run Commodo Personal Firewall under Windows 2000 Pro with the FDV fileset.

Since version 2.3 Comodo does not need IE, neither IE core.

But other software do, eg Firefox will not run without IE core.

Edited November 18, 200619 yr by TheTOM_SK

> But other software do, eg Firefox will not run without IE core.

now that is interesting, what does FF need IEC for?

I would say that Firefox uses IE shell, because I saw process firefox.exe running, but no Firefox window, nor no error messages appeared. When I added only IE core to the next session, Firefox started without problems.

System restore wont work and add/remove wont work. Who needs system restore it is a big hog. You can find something to replace add/remove.

Your system will be more secure.

Add/Remove can be replaced with MyUninstaller.

IIRC removing the IE engine breaks adding users, but this can be done with the command line program net.exe (which is included in Windows).

Opera works fine as an alternative to Firefox.

HTML Help can be replaced with xCHM. You may need to put actxprxy.dll in the program's directory if this file is missing from windows\system32.

The shell seems a bit quicker without the IE core and 98lite claimed that the zero IE core option was fastest.

MH

but Opera has many compatibility issues with many sites

i cannot use chat enabled gmail on opera, etc...

There are a couple ways to totally remove IE core and still have functioning windows... I used to use a shell replacement called GeoShell, they totally remove IE (or allow you to and still have full functionality of a sort) but it is a very sloppy shell that focuses on having a nice basic interface and creature features... but most of the options require direct editing of the registry to change. I found myself getting very sick of regediting for the simplest of UI changes.

Someone named vorck or something made a way to completely remove it for win2k (the install files, so it never gets installed!), I think it would work with some adjustments in XP. if you google his name you should be able to find it.

Edited November 30, 200619 yr by jaqie

You can take out IE and core and FF works just fine