Subj : Re: can't remove ie8
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Subject: Re: can't remove ie8
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message <otleml$6bq$1@dont-email.me>, jbclem <jbclem4@charter.net>
> writes:
>> I'm trying to remove Internet Explorer 8 completely from WinXP so I can
>> install IE6 and get Outlook Express back.  But IE8 isn't listed in
> []
> Isn't OE standalone (i. e. just msimn.exe)? Or does it require other
> files, DLLs, and so on.

I think OE comes "packaged" with IE, so if you have one installed, you 
should have the other.  (At least that's how I remember it).  That's why I 
suggested he find a copy of  IE8 on an old Microsoft CD (perhaps from ebay), 
or the complete executable IE8 installer file somewhere on the Net. 

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