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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (23377)	6/12/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Andy, Can you or anyone tell me what is up with ie5 uninstall? ie5 screwed up on me the other day -- it wasn't starting up when I clicked on links from emails and other things. Instead of trying to fix the problem in the registry I figured I'd just uninstall and install it again. ie wasn't even listed in the install/uninstall list. So, I thought I'd just install it again and skip the uninstall. When I clicked on the setup file I got a message saying that my current version of ie has the uninstall feature disabled. And that any new version I download would also have the uninstall feature disabled. I'd been through these hoops a few times before with ie5 and thought it had to do with ie5 being new. Guess I should have just gone with it and installed the un-uninstallable version, but instead I thought I'd bang my head against this wall a few more times. Always end up wiping my drive and re-installing Windows. What's up with this? Why does MS find it necessary to disable the uninstall feature when something screws up with the browser. The uninstall feature was there when I first installed it. I KNOW this because I've been through this several times. Anyone got any clues? Thanks, wily