# Removing IE 6.0 completely and re-installing

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 26, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-ie-6-0-completely-and-re-installing/231233 "2004-02-26T03:38:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-ie-6-0-completely-and-re-installing/231233/1 "2004-02-26T03:38:23Z")

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Even though I’ve been usuing Mozilla & Opera since my Big Computer Freakout™, I have found that certain sites I would like to use require Internet Explorer.

The IE on my system is still royally screwed up. It will not connect to the internet via my cable modem whether I’m using Zone Alarm or not. I’ve re-installed ZA to no avail.

I even used the IE repair program, but it didn’t help either.

I would like to completely remove IE and re-install it. I know IE is integrated into Windows in such a way that removing it could be hazardous to the OS.

Any tips?

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-ie-6-0-completely-and-re-installing/231233/2 "2004-02-26T03:43:40Z")

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Use Method 2 from Microsoft KB Article [318378](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378).

It also works on Windows 2000, though the article doesn’t say so.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-ie-6-0-completely-and-re-installing/231233/3 "2004-02-26T03:49:22Z")

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> [@Number](#):
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> Use Method 2 from Microsoft KB Article [318378](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378).
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> It also works on Windows 2000, though the article doesn’t say so.

Crap! I forgot to mention I’m using Windows Me (yeah, yeah, I know).

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-ie-6-0-completely-and-re-installing/231233/4 "2004-02-26T04:08:37Z")

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Those registry entries _may_ be the same in ME, but I don’t have a system around that I can check them on. You may be better off blowing everything away and installing from scratch.

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**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-ie-6-0-completely-and-re-installing/231233/5 "2004-02-26T07:20:49Z")

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[http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html](http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html)

Absolutely use at your own risk. Never had anything God-awful happen when using it, but you never can be too sure!