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Re: IE Web Browser: 'Sitting Duck'


From: "Eric Paynter" <eric () arcticbears com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:32:41 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, July 6, 2004 9:38 am, Barry Fitzgerald said:
Frank Knobbe wrote:
Heh... I just noticed (by chance) that there is an option in |Control
Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Windows Components| to remove Internet
Explorer (which supposedly "Adds or removes access to Internet Explorer
from the Start menu and Desktop").

Does it work now?

It might remove the icons so you cannot launch it, but since the desktop
is a thread of IE, it can't possibly remove the browser from the system.

-Eric

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