Installed Additional Components Displayed as Not Installed

ID: Q174575

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you view the Internet Explorer 4.0 Components Download page, additional components that are installed on your computer may be displayed as not installed.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur when the program that installed the component is not an Internet Explorer 4.0 Active Setup-aware program.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, reinstall the component from the Internet Explorer 4.0 Components Download page. After you reinstall the component from the Internet Explorer 4.0 Components Download page, you are notified of future updates to the component.

MORE INFORMATION

The additional components available on the Internet Explorer 4.0 Components Download page are installed by default into folders in the Program Files folder on the drive on which Windows is installed, except for the Microsoft Interactive Music Control with Microsoft Synthesizer, which is installed in the root folder on the drive on which Windows is installed.

An Internet Explorer 4.0 Active Setup-aware program writes information to the following registry key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\active setup\installed components

For information about adding Internet Explorer 4.0 components, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: 171229
   TITLE     : How to Add and Remove Internet Explorer Components

   ARTICLE-ID: 173592
   TITLE     : Additional Components Are Installed in the Program Files
               Folder

Keywords          : kbsetup msiew95 msient 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0 WINNT:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt

Last Reviewed: November 11, 1998