# Lost my iexplore.exe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843 "2003-02-27T08:19:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843/1 "2003-02-27T08:19:58Z")

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It’s not killing me, but it is causing some problems. I don’t think it is one the backup disk that came with the computer. Then again I thought I knew what I was doing when I lost it. :o

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843/2 "2003-02-27T08:34:19Z")

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I’m guessing you have another browser installed if you’re posting here. The obvious solution if you want to reinstall IE would be to [grab it from here](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp).

If you are browserless on that machine, you could always get someone to e-mail the appropriate install file to you. I’ll volunteer for that, if it’s necessary.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843/3 "2003-02-27T08:38:22Z")

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So what browser are you using to post here?

Take a risk. Use Opera. You won’t miss IE one bit.

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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843/4 "2003-02-27T08:40:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Duckster \*  
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> Take a risk. Use Opera. You won’t miss IE one bit. \*\*

You can say that again. I wonder Opera’s percentage is among the geeks ?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843/5 "2003-02-27T08:42:08Z")

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I second the Opera suggestion. It’s all I use. No popups, no clutter on the task bar, savable window setups (eg, open all the SD fora,) etc, etc. So nice.

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-iexplore-exe/157843/6 "2003-02-27T10:53:14Z")

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My suggestion: Rejoice. And then install [Phoenix](http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/). It rocks.