How can I fix my IE6 ?

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Colin

Oops... One day after installing MSN 6 (and I am not saying
this was to blame) my IE froze the computer everytime I
launched it. Nothing seemed to cure this. I tried internet
explorer repair (which said it was successful) many times.
I tried unistalling (well the only option was to roll it
back) many times (which it said it did successfully). I
tried re-installing IE from a magazine cover CD I had. It
did both options a repair on the existing install and a
complete setup from scratch.

None of these options worked the program still froze the
computer every time it launched (it had been on this PC for
several months prior to this working flawlessly) up to date
anti-virus and firewall are in place. Its seems the
corrupted file(s) are not being overwritten by the
repair/install procedure.

In the end in desperation I tried deleting the program
files one by one from microsofts list of files. Some you
cant delete because they are also in use by windows. Now it
seems I have completely screwed it because the setup/repair
program will no longer attempt to install IE it bombs out a
few seconds after install starts with the dialogue box "you
must close all other applications and try again"...?

How can I completely remove IE6 and start from scratch?
Please advise...
 
How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293907 (Jun. 19, 2002)

How to Remove Internet Explorer 6 by Reinstalling Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312451 (i. e. 6. W98/se/ME Jun. 11, 2002)

How to Remove Internet Explorer 6.0 or Outlook Express 6.0 Before You
Reinstall Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312474 (Oct. 3, 2002)

IEradicator
Removes all versions of Internet Explorer from all versions of Windows 9x in
8 different languages!
Make sure you have another browser working before you do this so you can get
all the reinstall files you need.
http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html
 
Dear Henri,

Thankyou for your suggestions, two of those articles I have
not found before so I will try them. kbid=293907 did not
work for me. It attempts to do a repair or roll back but
then falls over.

Regards Colin
 
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