Does anyone here know if there is a repair function for Internet Explorer 6.0 for XP? I know that there used to be one for 95 and possibly 98, but I don’t see one for XP.
There’s not a repair per se other than to repair XP itself, but there have been updates to IE 6 since XP came out - if you run the most recent IE 6 Service Pack for XP, the results should still be the same as a repair.
critter42
You can edit the registry and then reinstall IE using Method 2 from Microsoft KB article 318378. This has the same effect as a repair.
Something to consider;
In Win 98, if you upgrade to a newer version of IE than that which came with the original install, you cant repair it. Once you upgrade IE its locked in and fixing it is out of the question.
This is what I was told by a comp tech at the local shop and I even started a thread on it about a year ago and didn`t get much help from the boards. I had to re-format and re-install 98.
I hope, in your case that XP is different and that a fix can be performed without a re-install.
Thanks Number. I downloaded IE 6 SP1 to install after I use method 2 in the link that you gave. It should work fine for me. I will update this post later in the week after I read and understand completely this method.
Well, so far nothing works short of reinstalling Windows XP. I really don’t want to do that because there are so many other things that I would have to reinstall too. Sometimes I love Windows XP and sometimes I hate it. But that is life. Thanks to all of you for your help. I guess I will reinstall XP only when it becomes absolutely necessary. Ughhhhhhh.