Any tips of uninstalling IE9 and back to IE8?

HighlandeR · 20 Feb 2011 at 12:37

Having some nightmare issues with one customers laptop on win7, there son installed the IE9 last week and there just unhappy with it and wanted to go back to IE8.

I checked on google and so many have issues uninstalling it... theres long command lines which ive tried to run thru admin>cmd prompt, tried to uninstall from installed updates in programs and features and it doesnt even show in the list...

Have Ms made an uninstaller for IE9 ?

Also is there anyway to download IE8 standalone for Win7, since all ms links are for vista 32/64...and they dont run on win7.

Its like ms purposely want to force ie9 for all win7 customers !

ShakenNstirred · 20 Feb 2011 at 12:39

just go to view installed updates and uninstall from there

Mattus · 20 Feb 2011 at 17:05

It's listed under installed updates for me, too.

HighlandeR said:
Its like ms purposely want to force ie9 for all win7 customers !

Not really... it's an RC which you have to actively install!

lokkers · 21 Feb 2011 at 07:13

HighlandeR said:
Its like ms purposely want to force ie9 for all win7 customers !

I hope they do! I'm fed up of faffing about getting sites to work in crappy IE6. If they forced the latest IE on everyone my life would be a lot easier

HighlandeR · 21 Feb 2011 at 07:30

lol the irony is so many online have the same issue.... its 100% not showing in add/remove or programs and features, even under installed updates....

Looks like back to square one again

bledd · 21 Feb 2011 at 08:10

This is why home users shouldn't mess with RC IE or Service Packs

Dazzler · 21 Feb 2011 at 12:51

It doesnt even show in add/remove features?

HighlandeR · 26 Feb 2011 at 12:14

ok quick update.

ran ccleaner and reg scan/fix

rebooted went to programs and features and clicked turn windows features on/off, and unchecked IE8.

This way IE8 was uninstalled from the customers Win7 machine, rebooted again and ran ccleaner again just in case, reloaded IE9 Final/Full since MS doesnt have any Win7 IE8 links! and then went to programs and features>View installed updates and IE9 appeared on list then uninstalled it from there.

Rebooted and it defaulted to IE8 and it worked !

Should have charged customer big time for that but didnt cos its just so stupid MS doesnt have a decent guide or way of uninstalling IE9.

Anyhow its still not nearly as bad as the old days when symantec didnt have a norton removal tool !