Uninstalling Internet Explorer And MSN Messenger Help?

[Broken Hearted]

Okay, so I uninstalled both Internet Explorer 7.0 and MSN Messenger Live. However, they're still both kind of on my computer.

Internet Explorer has been uninstalled, but there is still Internet Explorer 6.0. I went to the Add/Delete Programs thing, but I couldn't find how to uninstall it.

As for MSN Messenger, I did uninstall MSN Live Messenger, but an older version of MSN messenger is still installed. Same thing, nothing shows up in the Add/Delete programs thing.

How do I get rid of these programs?

In fact, there are a whole bunch of programs I installed and could never completely get rid of. Like, Nero, and some other programs. There are still a bunch of folders and files for these programs. Can I just do a search for this things and delete them manually?

What's a good way of cleaning my computer of these useless files?

[MLM]

Don't try to delete IE, it is essential for your operating system and is needed for Outlook Express. If you try to remove it, you can corrupt critical system files.

As for Messenger, XP and 2000 came with a built in version called Windows Messenger.

To disable Windows Messenger:
Go to Windows Messenger
Tools
Options
Preferences
Untick the box beside "Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts"
Click OK

Then go to Outlook
Tools
Options
General tab
Untick the box beside "Automatically log on to Windows Messenger"
Click Apply
Click OK

If you want to completely remove Windows Messenger, see this link
http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml

[Bert H]

Use Windows Explorer, go to the folder where Internet Explorer 7 was and press F5, that will update the listing to what you have. If no Internet Explorer 7 or 6, then do a search for int. Ex. 6.

If found, do the above again, right-click it and choose "Delete".

If still no-go, use DOS commands (it never fails), IF you know the "path" to the folder.

Use the command screen, and type the following: (no quotes).

"CD \" <ENTER> (don't forget the backslash - this brings you to the root directory - folder).

"CD \foldername" <ENTER> (where the program is you want to delete, don't forget the backslash)

"DIR/W/P" <ENTER> (this will give a listing of the files in a wide format, one screen full at a time).

You may see Int Ex 6 or 7, OR a bunch of file names belonging to Int. Ex. ?

Type "DEL *.*" <ENTER> (*.* is the wildcard settings for "everything", this will delete the files in that folder).

"CD \" <ENTER> (this brings you back to the Root folder)

"RD foldername" <ENTER> (see above, this removes the folder (directory) from the HDD. (Hard Disk Drive).

***Learn some basic DOS commands, you will NEVER regret it, cuz you can do things with DOS that you can't with Windows.
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