Install IE6 on WinMe fails, cannot open control panel

Hi Peter :-)

Do you have your install CD for WinME? Or, is it an OEM install? Try the
following and see if it helps:

Can't open control panel
http://computing.net/windows95/wwwbo...rum/18457.html
Although it say for W98, it might work for ME too.
However, you may have to do a repair of WinME. You might find it helpful to
take a look at the information below for information you may need to do the
repair or reinstall of ME. You should at this point be very careful in how
you do the reinstall if necessary, as you may wind up with an IE cross
mixture that will be harder to resolve. By way of this reply, I
cross-posting this to the microsoft.public.windowsme.general newsgroup as
well, as you may need the assistance of the experts there to help with the
Control Panel problem and ME repair and IE installs if necessary.

Noel's IE Install/Uninstall
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm

Problems reinstalling IE 6 Q831167
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831167

How to reinstall IE and OE - Courtesy of Steve Cochran
This article seems to work for other OSs than just XP:

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q318378


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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Sorry, but it didn't work. There was no file with the .ini extension.
The
one file with the .err extension had a list of the files that could not be
copied. Would it be a problem to copy these files form another machine
with
the same operating system and IE version? Any other ideas?



Thanks!
Peter Pepper

"Don Varnau" don_04[at]varnau[dot]org wrote in message
...
Hi,
See if this article helps:
Q283069- Err Msg Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1 %2
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q283069

Don
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"Pepperlick" Pepperlick[at]discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
Using Windows Update, I downloaded, installed IE6. There were some
errors
on
restart, "unable to copy file %1 from %2, press any key." Now, when I
start
IE, I cannon click any shortcuts on pages, including windows update
page.
I
was going to attempt to "repair" IE from add/remove, but alas, the
Control
Panel will not open. "Unknown error." Anyone have an idea?
TIA Peter Pepper