>>We are having problems with a laptop that has IE5. We want to remove IE5 and re-install it.
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>>We tried uninstalling it under add/remove software, but it wouldn't let us.
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>>Is there any way to manually remove IE4 or 5 from a PC?
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>The simple answer is, not without a reinstall of the operating system, since in all likelihood, there are major portions of the operating system that may have been updated, such as the Windows Shell. This is especially the case where Active Desktop has been installed. There are literally dozens of DLLs and other components involved, and if the IE5 uninstall won't work, and you didn't have a product like CleanSweep running to track all the changes made during not only the IE5 install, but any updates downloaded subsequently, you've little chance of guessing what in all came in with IE5, or what has to be reloaded to recover.
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>Your best bet is to reinstall IE5 from scratch on top of the existing IE5 install, or to back up critical data, blow away the OS and start from ground zero.

Jerry,

Ed's advice, as always, is right on target. FWIW there is additional information available from MS in article Q217344 (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/3/44.asp).