Remove and reinstall Internet Explorer 5.5 when isn't shown in Add/Remove

HI, experts!

I reinstall Windows ME on friend's computer, but I must remove IE 5.5 but in
Add/Remove box there is nothing of IE, that I could ran for repairing.
Thanks!

If you are reinstalling Win Me why do you first wish to remove IE5.5?
Whilst it is necessary to first remove IE6 before carrying out an "in
place" reinstall of Win Me this is not normally necessary where the system
has IE5.5 installed as this is the version included as part of Win Me
albeit the installed version is probably a later minor version such as
IE5.5 SP2.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Adi wrote:

HI, experts!

I reinstall Windows ME on friend's computer, but I must remove IE 5.5
but in Add/Remove box there is nothing of IE, that I could ran for
repairing. Thanks!

Sorry, but I think that with repair (reinstall) Windows ME and will be
eliminated all errors, many does but I have still error with Explorer and
Internet explorer.
Even I nothing open I get error message:
Explorer caused fault (unknown).
Try to restart computer.
and running Internet Explorer I get:
IExplorer caused fault (unknown) .
Somewhere I read that removing IE can correct Explorer errors too.
Thanks for advice!


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If you are reinstalling Win Me why do you first wish to remove IE5.5?
Whilst it is necessary to first remove IE6 before carrying out an "in
place" reinstall of Win Me this is not normally necessary where the system
has IE5.5 installed as this is the version included as part of Win Me
albeit the installed version is probably a later minor version such as
IE5.5 SP2.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Adi wrote:

HI, experts!

I reinstall Windows ME on friend's computer, but I must remove IE 5.5
but in Add/Remove box there is nothing of IE, that I could ran for
repairing. Thanks!

Have you thoroughly checked your system for parasites and other malware as
the vast majority of "Explorer caused fault (unknown)" and "IExplorer
caused fault (unknown)" errors are due to the presence of (unwanted)
parasites on the system.

If you haven't already done so I would strongly recommend that you check
your system for possible viruses using your preferred anti virus
application equipped with an updated set of viral signatures. However you
might first want to check your PC using one of the online virus checks
such as McAfee's online checker
(http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp) or Trend Micro's Housecall
(http://housecall.antivirus.com).

This might be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware
SE Personal edition from Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search &
Destroy 1.3 (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as
good as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program
called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that
checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help
prevent some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Just is case the problem is due to a new version of the CoolWebSearch
parasite you might want to download and run the CWShredder which targets
that specific parasite. Unfortunately neither AdAware or SpyBot seem to be
able as yet to fully detect all the various versions of the CoolWebSearch
parasite as it keeps changing. For more details of the CoolWebSearch
parasite see http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and
also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.

CWShredder, merijn's removal tool, can be downloaded from
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of
HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html).
Create a folder called HJT on C: (not on your desktop nor in your temp
folder) and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many
applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer.
Enable Explorer to see all files and folders (Tools | Folder Options |
View and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
operating system files") and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log
to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 and hopefully this
will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem.

See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and also Browser
Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Adi wrote:

Sorry, but I think that with repair (reinstall) Windows ME and will be
eliminated all errors, many does but I have still error with Explorer
and Internet explorer.
Even I nothing open I get error message:
Explorer caused fault (unknown).
Try to restart computer.
and running Internet Explorer I get:
IExplorer caused fault (unknown) .
Somewhere I read that removing IE can correct Explorer errors too.
Thanks for advice!

Many thank for Your extensive advices.
Hijack's works eliminate the errors.
Thanks so much!



Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of
HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html).
Create a folder called HJT on C: (not on your desktop nor in your temp
folder) and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many
applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer.
Enable Explorer to see all files and folders (Tools | Folder Options |
View and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
operating system files") and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log
to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 and hopefully this
will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem.

See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and also Browser
Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Adi wrote:

Sorry, but I think that with repair (reinstall) Windows ME and will be
eliminated all errors, many does but I have still error with Explorer
and Internet explorer.
Even I nothing open I get error message:
Explorer caused fault (unknown).
Try to restart computer.
and running Internet Explorer I get:
IExplorer caused fault (unknown) .
Somewhere I read that removing IE can correct Explorer errors too.
Thanks for advice!

That IS good news. Thanks for the feedback. I'm pleased to read you've
managed to find and fix the cause of your problems.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]



Adi wrote:

Many thank for Your extensive advices.
Hijack's works eliminate the errors.
Thanks so much!