Subj : Re: can't remove ie8 To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org !.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: can't remove ie8 Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 01:43:42 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 47 Message-ID: <7HjuzXVO57$ZFww0@soft255.demon.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9d7b80f8724ffaacc325d96d79e7c20c"; logging-data="31328"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/cglyVhDuJdxk6W15VezvD" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:FcMbMhsGQVGLClO0zchimUeguDY= Xref: news.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134435 In message , Bill in Co writes: >J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: >> In message , jbclem >> 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. > Or instal it from the XP CD, as JJ suggests (via Add/Remove Windows Components - note _not_ Add/Remove Programs). > I was just thinking, if msinm.exe _is_ standalone, the executable might just be copyable from somewhere. (I have two copies - both dated 2008-4-14, but 69 KB [60,416 bytes] - in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache, and C:\Program Files\Outlook Express. Version 6.0.2900.5512.) Here's what are in that folder, if it's any use to anyone: Directory of C:\Program Files\Outlook Express 2016-03-08 19:52 . 2016-03-08 19:52 .. 2008-04-14 12:00 60,416 msimn.exe 2010-01-29 15:01 1,315,328 msoe.dll 2008-04-14 12:00 133 msoe.txt 2008-04-14 12:00 2,479,616 msoeres.dll 2008-04-14 12:00 104,448 oeimport.dll 2008-04-14 12:00 60,416 oemig50.exe 2008-04-14 12:00 35,328 oemiglib.dll 2008-04-14 12:00 73,216 setup50.exe 2010-10-11 14:59 45,568 wab.exe 2016-02-08 20:39 32,768 wabfind.dll 2016-02-08 20:39 84,992 wabimp.dll 2016-02-08 01:24 30,208 wabmig.exe 12 File(s) 4,322,437 bytes -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Everyone is entitled to an *informed* opinion." - Harlan Ellison --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .