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From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
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Subject: Re: can't remove ie8
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 01:43:42 +0000
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In message , Bill in Co 
 writes:
>J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message , jbclem

>> writes:
>>> I'm trying to remove Internet Explorer 8 completely from WinXP so I can
>>> install IE6 and get Outlook Express back.  But IE8 isn't listed in
>> []
>> Isn't OE standalone (i. e. just msimn.exe)? Or does it require other
>> files, DLLs, and so on.
>
>I think OE comes "packaged" with IE, so if you have one installed, you
>should have the other.  (At least that's how I remember it).  That's why I
>suggested he find a copy of  IE8 on an old Microsoft CD (perhaps from ebay),
>or the complete executable IE8 installer file somewhere on the Net.
>
Or instal it from the XP CD, as JJ suggests (via Add/Remove Windows 
Components - note _not_ Add/Remove Programs).
>
I was just thinking, if msinm.exe _is_ standalone, the executable might 
just be copyable from somewhere. (I have two copies - both dated 
2008-4-14, but 69 KB [60,416 bytes] - in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache, 
and C:\Program Files\Outlook Express. Version 6.0.2900.5512.)

Here's what are in that folder, if it's any use to anyone:

  Directory of C:\Program Files\Outlook Express

2016-03-08  19:52              .
2016-03-08  19:52              ..
2008-04-14  12:00            60,416 msimn.exe
2010-01-29  15:01         1,315,328 msoe.dll
2008-04-14  12:00               133 msoe.txt
2008-04-14  12:00         2,479,616 msoeres.dll
2008-04-14  12:00           104,448 oeimport.dll
2008-04-14  12:00            60,416 oemig50.exe
2008-04-14  12:00            35,328 oemiglib.dll
2008-04-14  12:00            73,216 setup50.exe
2010-10-11  14:59            45,568 wab.exe
2016-02-08  20:39            32,768 wabfind.dll
2016-02-08  20:39            84,992 wabimp.dll
2016-02-08  01:24            30,208 wabmig.exe
               12 File(s)      4,322,437 bytes
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