How do I repair Internet Explorer in Windows XP?

To repair the Internet Explorer

Run the command

rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %windir%\Inf\ie.inf

You will need to have your XP CD available

If you have problems with the command line above, copy the text and paste then save ie.vbs. Then double click it and run script

below are script for

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'run_ie_reinstall.vbs - Runs the Internet Explorer Setup
'© Doug Knox - 4/10/2002
'Downloaded from www.dougknox.com

X = MsgBox("Do you want to reinstall Internet Explorer?", vbYesNo, "Prompt!")

Y = MsgBox("Do you want to reinstall Outlook Express?", vbYesNo, "Prompt!")

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

If X = 6 Then
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}\IsInstalled", 0, "REG_DWORD"
End If

If Y = 6 Then
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}\IsInstalled", 0, "REG_DWORD"
End If

If X = 6 OR Y = 6 Then
WshShell.Run ("rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %windir%\Inf\ie.inf")
Else
MsgBox "You chose not to reinstall IE or OE. No changes were made." & vbCR & vbCR & "Copyright 2003 - Doug Knox",vbOkOnly, "User Cancelled"
End If


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