Anyway to remove IE7/WMP from vista?

[khanable]

Google has failed me, so I turn to here to ask.

Has anyone found a way to uninstall IE7 and WMP?

Both of them suck IMO and I would much rather be without them hiding in my OS..

anyone?

Thanks

[jtzako]

IE7 no since the windows shell relies on it, it cant be removed... Media Player, possibly but I havent checked on how you would do so. If you really dont like IE7 just ignore it.

[RS3RS]

If you really dont like IE7 just ignore it.

QFT. That's what I've done with IE on Windows XP. It's there, and doesn't really make much difference. Just use another browser, remove the shortcuts to it, and if you want to cripple it, just give it a proxy server of 127.0.0.1 or something to keep it from getting online. I wouldn't worry myself with it there, crippled, hidden in a deep system folder (the way IE should be :D ;) ).

[zeplar]

Only way I've seen so far to avoid WMP is to install from scratch using a modified installer, or the N or KN versions.

[markt435]

Just use the default programs app in the control panel and remove access to em. thats about all we can tell you..

[khanable]

Just use the default programs app in the control panel and remove access to em. thats about all we can tell you..

Actually that is a good idea.

Sucks we cannot remove them, but I'll do my best to cripple both instead :\

[bealzz]

Man, you guys havent played around with Windows OSes enough..

Go to add/remove programs, then add/remove windows components and deselect the things you dont want.

Bingo.

[khanable]

Man, you guys havent played around with Windows OSes enough..

Go to add/remove programs, then add/remove windows components and deselect the things you dont want.

Bingo.

I guess you haven't played around with windows much, because if you did, you'd understand there is no removal option for ie7/wmp in add/remove programs.


False bingo, everyone ready yourselves for the next number..

[Sexual Chocolate]

Possibly.. The maker of Nlite has started working on Vlite (same thing as Nlite except for Vista) and you can damn near rip everything out of it before you install it. I think they have managed to shrink a Vista install down to 1 CD now rather than a DVD.

[Fark_Maniac]

I guess you haven't played around with windows much, because if you did, you'd understand there is no removal option for ie7/wmp in add/remove programs.


False bingo, everyone ready yourselves for the next number..

guess you haven't played around with XP/2000 much then (don't know about Vista). Go into your system32 folder, edit the sysoc.ini file and replace the ,hide, with ,, and you will be about to go to add/remove programs, then to system components and deselect them. I've never done it that way, but I know the options are there...so I don't know how effective it would be.

I'm not sure removing IE would be such a good idea...how will you get windows updates?

[bbz_Ghost]

You people are always good for a laugh when I really need one the most.

You cannot remove Internet Explorer from any version of Windows with just Add/Remove Programs. I'll go out on a limb and flat out say it: anyone that says, preaches, believes, hints, offers, suggests, or likewise states anything else is a complete and total dumbass that should just be quiet.

To remove IE (and yes it's possible, but not easy), you'd need to remove it pre-install, meaning by using a tool like nLite for 2K/XP/2K3 or a tool like vLite for Vista. Again, it is possible, to some degree, but not easy and typically requires you to gut out the system installer files before you install the OS in the first place.

Once the OS is installed, there is simply too much that needs to be removed to do this properly, and more often than not will leave your system hosed to the point of a necessary reinstallation anyway.

The Add/Remove sysoc.ini "hide" trick only removes the icons from the QuickLaunch and Start Menus. That trick does not remove IE from your machine. As I just said, there is no tool, no .ini modification, no Add/Remove option to completely and totally remove IE from Windows that is part of Windows; the process requires third party software like nLite or vLite or maybe something else that's out floating around.

What someone already posted is the best solution: just ignore it. Do the "hide" trick to delete the icons or just right click on them and choose Delete. There, gone, now you've "deleted" IE for most practical purposes.

To remove IE totally from your system, there's really only one solution, and you all should know what that is.

Don't run Windows in the first place.

And the suggestion about using the European editions of Vista is not gonna help either: they just remove Windows Media Player functionality, they don't do anything about IE.

Who needs Google... sheesh.

[Fark_Maniac]

The Add/Remove sysoc.ini "hide" trick only removes the icons from the QuickLaunch and Start Menus. That trick does not remove IE from your machine. As I just said, there is no tool, no .ini modification, no Add/Remove option to completely and totally remove IE from Windows that is part of Windows; the process requires third party software like nLite or vLite or maybe something else that's out floating around.

well see, a more difinitive answer! I've never tried to remove it...only knew the "option" was there. I did try to remove messenger that way...it didn't really work all that well.

EDIT: I was pretty sure someone was gonna da a "well you haven't played with..." to me too....there is still time though! :)

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[Michael Daly]

You cannot remove Internet Explorer from any version of Windows with just Add/Remove Programs

You can try. My sister did that, thinking if she used Firefox, why keep IE? Then she asked me how to fix Windows. Everything was essentially broken. I told her to just try re-installing IE from a download of the latest version from MS and that fixed most of it. The only significant glitch that still remains is that it takes forever to reboot.

MS was supposed to unhook IE as a result of anti-trust legal agreements in several countries, but they didn't really do it.

[zeplar]

You cannot remove Internet Explorer from any version of Windows with just Add/Remove Programs. I'll go out on a limb and flat out say it: anyone that says, preaches, believes, hints, offers, suggests, or likewise states anything else is a complete and total dumbass that should just be quiet.



Too broad of a statement. You would use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall IE 4.0 from Windows 95 or NT4, for example.

[tesfaye]

Too broad of a statement. You would use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall IE 4.0 from Windows 95 or NT4, for example.You're right but let's face it, anyone running those versions are a threat to society and should be flogged in their respective town square. :)

Seriously though, like the other poster mentioned, just ignore it. Windows Vista doesn't tie IE to the shell, if you noticed you can't even launch a website within an Explorer window, it opens an IE window and vice versa. The IE components are used by other applications that you may install aside from what is included in Windows itself. You don't gain anything from hiding IE and if you were actually able to strip it from Vista you could potentially screw up other applications.

It's amazing how folks want to remove it so badly as if they are forced to run it. Check your processes next time you start windows, you'll find that IEXPLORE.EXE is NOT running.

I'm not trying to start a war here but I have to ask, what exactly do you think you will gain by removing the browser. Are you that annoyed by it's icon being placed on your desktop? Are you expecting a performance gain after removal? Better stability?

[bbz_Ghost]

I'm not trying to start a war here but I have to ask, what exactly do you think you will gain by removing the browser. Are you that annoyed by it's icon being placed on your desktop? Are you expecting a performance gain after removal? Better stability?

I quote it because I'm curious myself. What is it with people and the absolute dispassion for IE, anyway? As if Firefox or some other browser really is a better way to see the same damned info online? If that's what they think, more power to 'em, whoever they are.

I've never had a virus because of using IE, never had spyware because of using IE, never had problems with any website unless it wouldn't load because some dumbshit webdesigner decided to code for a specific browser only - Firefox being the likely candidate - and I've found more websites coded for Firexox and locking me out than I have of IE ones locking out Firefox users. Go figure.

What are people doing with their computers that makes them have such heated discussions and opinions about IE after all? :D

[khanable]

I'm not trying to start a war here but I have to ask, what exactly do you think you will gain by removing the browser. Are you that annoyed by it's icon being placed on your desktop? Are you expecting a performance gain after removal? Better stability?


Or maybe I just cannot stand a bunch of shit on my computer that I will never use? If it is there, and I never use it, why the hell would I not want to remove it?

If you're not looking to start a flame war, then don't jump into a thread asking a simple question and throw around retarded flame-baited questions.

[protias]

...never had spyware because of using IE...
I find that hard to believe. How do you know you've never had spyware?

[bbz_Ghost]

Because, like so many others around here, I know what I'm doing. </sarcasm>

[kring]

I just ignor IE7 most of the time, but I would NEVER uninstall it!!!!! that's stupid... there are still too many sites that don't support Firefox and react oddly or don't work at all... seems to be on most Java sites. every now and then I need IE, plus for windows updates I still prefer to use the site rather then download updates automatically.