Hi there!
I came across a few interesting things while I was taking a break form looking at the IE11 registry entries.
Try this first:
Copy the line below and paste it into an elevated
Power Shell (PS).
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | where {$_.FeatureName -match "Internet"}
Note:
PS C:\windows\system32> is the prompt you see when the PS is launched with elevated rights.
Close the PS window when the command finishes,
then look in Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off
Is Internet Explorer 11 an option?
No? that didn't work either!
If IE11 is an option - is it selected?
No? Select it and exit Program and Features and restart you machine.
Yes? restart your machine.
Launch an elevated Command Prompt and enter the following commands:
## signify notations, they are not commands
cd \
dir /s /a iexplor*.*
## was any iexplorer.exe listed?
## If you want me to look at the output, run the same command but redirect the output to a file
## then attach Downloads\ieDirList.txt in to a post.
cd \
dir /s /a iexplor*.* > %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\ieDirList.txt
## %USERPROFILE% is a variable that points to your user folder (i.e. C:\USers\Dad)
exit
If you have any IE after running the DISM command, try uninstalling it using Control Panel -> Programs and Features. I think it's best if you rollback IE to IE8 (uninstall all higher versions - restarting between each uninstall)
IF you can get to IE8, run SFC and SURT before trying to install IE11 using a fresh offline installer download (no Bing, no MSN - also referenced as IT professional and developer versions)
I can give you the link again, but one step at a time...
You don't have to do any more in this post unless you still do NOT have Internet explorer.
STOP here if you have an Inherent Explorer (IE 11, IE 10, or IE9) that you can uninstall.
If IE is still problematic, try running this batch file:
View attachment IE11rollback.bat
The IE11rollback batch file executes the following command 5 times:
FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*11.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up
fname /norestart"
The interesting part is that the suggestion was to run the command twice, but one person stated it took five times.
Launch an elevated Command Prompt and run the batch file in the Command window.
Restart your machine.
I'll see how far that takes you. I have the same batch file for IE10 and IE 9 waiting in the wings.
Bill
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