Microsoft KB Archive/149600

IE 2.0 from Internet Starter Kit Adds New Button to Toolbar

PSS ID Number: Q149600 Article last modified on 05-03-1996

2.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

After you install Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 from the Internet Starter Kit, an “Internet Explorer Updates” button is added to the Internet Explorer toolbar. This button is between the “Search the Internet” and “Read Newsgroups” buttons. When you click this button, Internet Explorer opens the following Web page, from which you can down- load and install updates to Internet Explorer:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie.htm

If you choose to download and install Internet Explorer 2.0 (Msie20.exe) from this Web site or another online service, you receive the following warning message:

A file being copied is older than the file currently on your computer. It is recommended that you keep your existing file.

File name: Iexplore.exe Description: Microsoft Internet Explorer Your version: 4.40.517

Do you want to keep this file?

If you click No, Internet Explorer 4.40.516 is installed and you lose the “Internet Explorer Updates” button on the toolbar. If you click Yes, you do not lose the “Internet Explorer Updates” button.

= CAUSE =

The version of Internet Explorer 2.0 that is included with the Internet Starter Kit is version 4.40.517 and adds the “Internet Explorer Updates” button to the toolbar.

= RESOLUTION =

If you install Internet Explorer 2.0 from the Internet Starter Kit, you do not need to download Internet Explorer 2.0.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Internet Explorer 2.0 version 4.40.516 and Internet Explorer 2.0 version 4.40.517 are functionally the same. The only difference is the “Internet Explorer Updates” button.

KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg KBSubcategory: win95 msiexplore Additional reference words: 2.00 2.0 isk ieconfig iegeneral msie ie ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.