How to Uninstall Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1

ID: Q157926

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SUMMARY

The article describes how to properly uninstall Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1.

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To uninstall Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 3.1, double-click the Internet Explorer 4.0 program group, and then double-click Uninstall.

After uninstall is complete, the Internet Explorer 4.0 program group remains with an icon to install Internet Explorer again. To completely remove Internet Explorer 4.0 setup files, follow these steps:

1. Delete the Internet Explorer 4.0 program group.

2. Delete the Ie4Setup directory.

To uninstall Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1, follow these steps:

1. Quit the Windows session (leaving you at a command prompt).

2. At an MS-DOS command prompt, type the following line, and then press 

   ENTER:

      deltree iexplore
3. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, press Y.

4. Type the following line, and then press ENTER: 

      cd\windows
5. Type the following line, and then press ENTER: 

      edit system.ini
6. Locate and delete the following lines in the System.ini file: 

      device=c:\iexplore\iedial.386
      device=c:\iexplore\vxdpctcp.386
      device=c:\iexplore\iewcomm.386
7. Save and then close the System.ini file.

8. Type the following line, and then press ENTER: 

      cd\
9. Type the following line, and then press ENTER: 

      edit autoexec.bat
10. Delete the two lines beginning with "set ieppp" and "set pctcp" 
    (without quotation marks). Also, delete the part of the PATH statement
     that refers to "c:\iexplore" (without quotation marks).
11. Save and then close the Autoexec.bat file.

12. Restart your computer.

Additional query words: 3.00 

Keywords          : kbsetup msiew31 
Version           : 3.0 3.01 3.02a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: January 17, 1998