thanks. i will try that. if it does not work, i will give up. it seems much more complex than i thought.

thanks for the instructions. i did bring up the icon on the desktop by using your method, but i still could not open the browser. when i clicked on the icon, it asked me to use a program from a list...

XP. i finally found an IE related file. it is called iedw (or IE crash detection). i tried to delete it, but i could not. thanks for your response, caperjack.

i tried to install internet explorer on my computer, but the ie6setup always says that a newer version of internet explorer is found on the computer and the setup will stop. i searched the computer...