IE7 ISSUE / NEED MVP

I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP Pro
SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
%windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders are
visible.

My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
going back to replace everything makes me ill.

Please help, hopefully by an MVP.

Thanks a bunch!

Hi,
If you installed SP3 while IE7 was installed you will have to uninstall SP3
then uninstall IE7.
See: IEBlog- IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B102FD24-EC12-4CF7-BE8F-E23A040F9084@microsoft.com...
> I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP
Pro
> SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders
are
> visible.
>
> My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
> going back to replace everything makes me ill.
>
> Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
>
> Thanks a bunch!

IEBlog: IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx

Did you install IE7 before or after you installed SP3? If before, the only
way you'll be able to uninstall IE7 is to uninstall SP3 first.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


anon58 wrote:
> I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP
> Pro SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders
> are visible.
>
> My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
> going back to replace everything makes me ill.
>
> Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
>
> Thanks a bunch!

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> If you installed SP3 while IE7 was installed you will have to uninstall SP3
> then uninstall IE7.
> See: IEBlog- IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B102FD24-EC12-4CF7-BE8F-E23A040F9084@microsoft.com...
> > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP
> Pro
> > SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders
> are
> > visible.
> >
> > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
> > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> >
> > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> >
> > Thanks a bunch!



>
> Ok.... this worked, but when I uninstalled SP3, and IE7 I was NOT left with IE6, so I downloaded it... but when I tried to installed it it said there was already a version running. Then I tried to delete it from my program files -- no go. I tried the set up from within the old program file it said there is a newer version available... aarg.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> IEBlog: IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
>
> Did you install IE7 before or after you installed SP3? If before, the only
> way you'll be able to uninstall IE7 is to uninstall SP3 first.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> anon58 wrote:
> > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP
> > Pro SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders
> > are visible.
> >
> > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
> > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> >
> > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> >
> > Thanks a bunch!
>
>

So please, if you will, see my answer to Don V. above..... I'm going round
& round & still no IE (in case Don has gone home for the day).

Big thanks!

"anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:98C44874-CDED-47E2-8343-04009AF743D5@microsoft.com...
>
> > "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B102FD24-EC12-4CF7-BE8F-E23A040F9084@microsoft.com...
> > > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my
XP
> > Pro
> > > SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files &
folders
> > are
> > > visible.
> > >
> > > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought
of
> > > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> > >
> > > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> > >
> > > Thanks a bunch!

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > If you installed SP3 while IE7 was installed you will have to uninstall
SP3
> > then uninstall IE7.
> > See: IEBlog- IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Don
> > [MS MVP- IE]

> > Ok.... this worked, but when I uninstalled SP3, and IE7 I was NOT left
with IE6, so I downloaded it... but when I tried to installed it it said
there was already a version running. Then I tried to delete it from my
program files -- no go. I tried the set up from within the old program
file it said there is a newer version available... aarg.
- - -

Did you restart after uninstalling SP3, before uninstalling IE7?

What were the signs that IE6 was not restored after uninstalling IE7? Was
there an Internet Explorer folder in Program Files? Was iexplore.exe present
in that folder?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"anon58" wrote:

>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
> > IEBlog: IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
> >
> > Did you install IE7 before or after you installed SP3? If before, the only
> > way you'll be able to uninstall IE7 is to uninstall SP3 first.
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> > AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> > DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
> >
> >
> > anon58 wrote:
> > > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP
> > > Pro SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders
> > > are visible.
> > >
> > > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
> > > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> > >
> > > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> > >
> > > Thanks a bunch!
> >
> >
>
> So please, if you will, see my answer to Don V. above..... I'm going round
> & round & still no IE (in case Don has gone home for the day).
>
> Big thanks!


My APOLOGIES...... APPARENTLY IE6 SEEMS TO BE RUNNING NOW!

"anon58" wrote:

>
>
> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > If you installed SP3 while IE7 was installed you will have to uninstall SP3
> > then uninstall IE7.
> > See: IEBlog- IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Don
> > [MS MVP- IE]
> >
> > "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B102FD24-EC12-4CF7-BE8F-E23A040F9084@microsoft.com...
> > > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my XP
> > Pro
> > > SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files & folders
> > are
> > > visible.
> > >
> > > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought of
> > > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> > >
> > > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> > >
> > > Thanks a bunch!
>
>
>
> >
> > Ok.... this worked, but when I uninstalled SP3, and IE7 I was NOT left with IE6, so I downloaded it... but when I tried to installed it it said there was already a version running. Then I tried to delete it from my program files -- no go. I tried the set up from within the old program file it said there is a newer version available... aarg.

APOLOGIES..... IE6 SEEMS TO BE RUNNING NOW... THANKS SO MUCH!!

"Don Varnau" wrote:

>
> "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:98C44874-CDED-47E2-8343-04009AF743D5@microsoft.com...
> >
> > > "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:B102FD24-EC12-4CF7-BE8F-E23A040F9084@microsoft.com...
> > > > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > > > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my
> XP
> > > Pro
> > > > SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > > > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files &
> folders
> > > are
> > > > visible.
> > > >
> > > > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought
> of
> > > > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> > > >
> > > > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a bunch!
>
> > "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > If you installed SP3 while IE7 was installed you will have to uninstall
> SP3
> > > then uninstall IE7.
> > > See: IEBlog- IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
> > > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Don
> > > [MS MVP- IE]
>
> > > Ok.... this worked, but when I uninstalled SP3, and IE7 I was NOT left
> with IE6, so I downloaded it... but when I tried to installed it it said
> there was already a version running. Then I tried to delete it from my
> program files -- no go. I tried the set up from within the old program
> file it said there is a newer version available... aarg.
> - - -
>
> Did you restart after uninstalling SP3, before uninstalling IE7?
>
> What were the signs that IE6 was not restored after uninstalling IE7? Was
> there an Internet Explorer folder in Program Files? Was iexplore.exe present
> in that folder?
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> Just to finish this answer this for other folks (although I don't know why IE6 has decided to run now) 1) there was a dead screen with no response after clicking on IE icon. 2) yes, there was an Internet Explorer in Program Files -- always has been. 3) ieexplore.exe was present (and is) in that folder, as was "set up, etc."

"Don Varnau" wrote:

>
> "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:98C44874-CDED-47E2-8343-04009AF743D5@microsoft.com...
> >
> > > "anon58" <anon58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:B102FD24-EC12-4CF7-BE8F-E23A040F9084@microsoft.com...
> > > > I am tearing my hair out. I have searched for on this newsgroup and
> > > > others... and tried out every method to uninstall IE7 (NOT Beta) on my
> XP
> > > Pro
> > > > SP3. I've used Spuninst.exe, and it says "cannot find
> > > > %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe"! And, yes, my hidden files &
> folders
> > > are
> > > > visible.
> > > >
> > > > My last resort is to use Restore, but I have added lots & the thought
> of
> > > > going back to replace everything makes me ill.
> > > >
> > > > Please help, hopefully by an MVP.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a bunch!
>
> > "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > If you installed SP3 while IE7 was installed you will have to uninstall
> SP3
> > > then uninstall IE7.
> > > See: IEBlog- IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
> > > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Don
> > > [MS MVP- IE]
>
> > > Ok.... this worked, but when I uninstalled SP3, and IE7 I was NOT left
> with IE6, so I downloaded it... but when I tried to installed it it said
> there was already a version running. Then I tried to delete it from my
> program files -- no go. I tried the set up from within the old program
> file it said there is a newer version available... aarg.
> - - -
>
> Did you restart after uninstalling SP3, before uninstalling IE7?
>
> What were the signs that IE6 was not restored after uninstalling IE7? Was
> there an Internet Explorer folder in Program Files? Was iexplore.exe present
> in that folder?
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> Ooppps! And yes, I restarted after uninstalling SP3....