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(Unverified)Mar 4th 2009 10:48AM

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Bad new: this possibility exists since Windows XP, and it doesn't remove IE. Check it out a screenshot I took now: http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uninstallinternetexplor.jpg

In fact, what it does is just hide IE icons and references in entire system. IE still remains installed. Just type an URL on Windows Explorer's window, and the page will be loaded, using IE's engine.

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pzeroMar 4th 2009 11:04AM

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I was about to say -- there's no real way to remove the IE rendering engine from Windows. MS uses it from everything from application installers to the control panel, if I'm not mistaken.

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(Unverified)Mar 4th 2009 2:01PM

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Vista didn't allow for this, nor did Windows 7 Beta 1. XP only allowed for removing shortcuts to IE, etc.

Windows 7 7048 actually removes iexplore.exe as well as changing any IE-reliant shell extensions to point to whatever browser is left in the Program Defaults. If none exists, they are nulled out.

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