Cannot Uninstall Microsoft Internet Products in OSR2

ID: Q155365

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2

SYMPTOMS

When you try to uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer or Microsoft Internet Mail and News, you find that they are not listed in the Add/ Remove Programs tool in Control Panel.

CAUSE

These programs are preinstalled with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) and do not register themselves in the uninstall list.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, install these programs from the OSR2 CD-ROM, or from the Web.

CD-ROM location:


   Program                  CD-ROM location
   ----------------------------------------------------
   Internet Explorer        Other\ie30\Msie30.exe
   Internet Mail and News   Other\Mailnews\Mailnews.exe

Web location:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/

Installing these programs causes them to be registered in the uninstall list. After you install them, you can uninstall them using the Add/Remove Programs tool.

Keywords : inetnewsw95 osr2 inetmailw95 win95 msiew95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
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