How do I use the Internet Explorer 5.0 repair tool?

John Savill

January 8, 2000

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A. The Internet Explorer Repair tool can be used to diagnose andpossibly fix problems with Internet Explorer 5. This tool has the followingfeatures:

  • It is used to identify problems with Internet Explorer caused by thepresence of files that are out of date.

  • It is used to fix problems caused by the incorrect or incompleteregistration of Internet Explorer files.

  • It is used to restore or repair the desktop or Start Menu short-cuts forInternet Explorer that have been deleted or do not function properly.

To start the repair tool perform the following:

  1. From the Start menu select Settings - Control Panel

  2. Double click the Add/Remove Software control panel applet

  3. Select 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools'

  4. Click the 'Add/Remove' button

  5. Select 'Repair Internet Explorer' and click OK

  6. Click 'Yes' to the repair confirmation

If you don't have the option in the Add/Remove Software control panel appletit can be run from the command line:

C:> rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:ProgramFilesInternet ExplorerSetupSETUP.EXE" /g "C:WINDOWSIE UninstallLog.Txt"

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