Microsoft KB Archive/175670

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How to Completely Uninstall Internet Explorer 3.02

Article ID: 175670

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02

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This article was previously published under Q175670

SUMMARY

This article describes how to completely uninstall (or remove) Internet Explorer 3.02 under Windows NT 4.0, when Windows NT 4.0 is installed on a FAT file system. This article does not apply to Windows NT 4.0 installed on an NTFS file system.

MORE INFORMATION

To completely uninstall Internet Explorer 3.02 under Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Internet Explorer 3.02 in the list of installed programs, and then click Add/Remove.
4. In Windows NT Explorer, right-click the <windows>\Temporary Internet Files folder, and then click Delete, where <windows> is the folder in which Windows NT 4.0 is installed.
5. Restart your computer to a command prompt using either of the following methods:
   
   Method 1
   
   Use an MS-DOS boot disk that contains the following files:
   
   
   • Deltree.exe
   • Himem.sys
   • Smartdrv.exe
   • A Config.sys file that contains the following command:

     device=a:\himem.sys

   These files are included with MS-DOS 6.x.
   
   Method 2
   
   

   If you also have Windows 95 installed on your computer, press F8 when you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, and then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only.
6. At a command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

   path a:
   
   cd\<windows>, where <windows> is the folder in which Windows NT 4.0 is installed. If you use Method 2, type c:\<windows>\command, where <windows> is the folder in which Windows 95 is installed.
   
   smartdrv
   
   <drive>:, where <drive> is the drive on which Windows NT is installed.
   
   cd\<winnt>\profiles\<user name>, where <winnt> is the folder in which Windows NT is installed, and <user name> is the name you use to log on to Windows NT.
   
   deltree tempor~1
   
   cd\winnt
   
   deltree history
   
   cd system32
   
   ren mshtml.dll mshtml.old
   
   ren shdocvw.dll shdocvw.old
   
   ren actxprxy.dll actxprxy.old
   
   ren wininet.dll wininet.old
   
   ren cachevu.dll cachevu.old
   
   ren shlwapi.dll shlwapi.old
   
   ren url.dll url.old
   
   ren urlmon.dll urlmon.old
   
   ren wsock32n.dll wsock32n.old
   
   ren inetcfg.dll inetcfg.old
   
   ren inetcpl.cpl inetcpl.old

7. Restart your computer.

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