Microsoft KB Archive/246548

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools Entry Missing from Add/Remove Programs

Article ID: 246548

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01



This article was previously published under Q246548

SYMPTOMS

After you uninstall Internet Explorer 5.01 to return to your previous Internet Explorer 5.0 installation, the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools entry may be missing from the list of installed programs in the Add/Remove Programs tool.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the removal of Internet Explorer 5.01 removed the previous uninstallation information from the registry.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, reinstall Internet Explorer 5.0.

NOTE: You can also choose to repair Internet Explorer 5.0 without the user interface.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about uninstalling Internet Explorer 5.01, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

246194 How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 5.01


The registry keys that are related to this issue are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IE40


This key provides a link to the user interface. This key contains the same command line used to run the repair utility manually.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installinfo


This key provides the path information for the "Add a component" user interface. This key also provides the installation source path information and the location of the Windows Update Setup Files folder.


Keywords: kbprb kbui KB246548