How to uninstall Internet Explorer/Outlook Express from Windows Registry

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Are you trying to uninstall an older version of Internet Explorer or Outlook Express and run into the problems? Well there is always Windows Registry. A currently installed version of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express can be uninstalled from Windows Regsitry.

To uninstall Internet Explorer and Outlook Express from Windows Registry, please try the following. This should work in Windows 2000, Windows XP and later:

WARNING: Editing Windows Registry can have serious consequences.

You are editing at your own risk.

1. Click Start – Run

2. Type “regedit” and press enter to launch the Windows Registry Editor.

3. To uninstall Internet Explorer

On the left panel, Navigate to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    \SOFTWARE
        \Microsoft
            \Active Setup
                \Installed Components
                    \{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}

                  
4. In the right-pane, change the value of the IsInstalled (REG_DWORD) value from “1″ to “0″

This will uninstall Internet Explorer from Windows Registry.

5. To uninstall Outlook Express

On the left panel, Navigate to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    \SOFTWARE
        \Microsoft
            \Active Setup
                \Installed Components
                    \{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}

6. In the right-pane, change the value of the IsInstalled (REG_DWORD) value from 1 to 0

This will uninstall Outlook Express from Windows Registry.