Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 RC1

To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 & restore Internet Explorer 6 when using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

1. Click Start, & then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Scroll down to Windows Internet Explorer 7, click it, & then click Change/Remove.

If you cannot find Internet Explorer 7 in Add or Remove Programs, click Start, click Run, type %windir%\ie7\spuninst\spuninst.exe, and then press ENTER.

Note: %windir% is the location of your Windows directory, which can usually be found at C:\Windows. To do this, you need to have “view hidden folders” enabled.

Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3, Beta 2, Beta 2 Preview, or Beta 1

To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3, Beta 2, Beta 2 Preview, or Beta 1 & restore Internet Explorer 6 when using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Scroll down to “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3″, “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2″, or “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview”, click it, & then click Change/Remove.
4. If you cannot find any version of Internet Explorer 7 in the previous step, select the Show Updates check box at the top of the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, scroll down to Windows XP – Software Updates, select “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview” or “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1″, & then click Change/Remove.

If you cannot find an IE 7 entry using Add or Remove Programs, try running these commands. Each is for a different release of Internet Explorer 7, so only one will succeed. To run any of these commands, you need to have the View hidden folders option enabled. In the commands below, %windir% is the location of your Windows directory, which can usually be found at C:\Windows. To run these commands, click Start, click Run, & then type one of the following:

• %windir%\ie7beta3\spuninst\spuninst.exe.
• %windir%\$NtUninstallie7beta1$\spuninst\spuninst.exe.
• %windir%\$NtUninstallie7bet2p$\spuninst\spuninst.exe.
• %windir%\$NtUninstallie7b2pmx$\spuninst\spuninst.exe.
• %windir%\$NtUninstallie7beta2$\spuninst\spuninst.exe.

If the uninstall process causes the computer to stop responding while removing Internet Explorer 7, restart the computer, delete any custom sound schemes created after installing the IE 7 Beta, and then try to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 again.

Internet Explorer 7 Fails to Uninstall from Specified User Account

If you see an error message saying that you cannot uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from this user account, you can bypass the check by following these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer.
3. Right-click the Internet Explorer key, click New, & then click DWORD value.
4. Type InstalledByUser as the name, and then press ENTER to finish creating the new registry value.
5. Try to uninstall IE 7 again.