Program Settings Lost After Internet Explorer Setup or Uninstall (165646)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q165646 SYMPTOMS
After you install or remove Internet Explorer, settings for a program
may be lost.
CAUSE
This problem can occur if the program uses a configuration file to record
user-defined settings and the program is not closed before you install or
remove Internet Explorer.
The settings are lost because Internet Explorer Setup closes any running
programs without allowing them to finish running processes, which prevents
the program from saving settings to a configuration file.
RESOLUTION
To prevent this problem, quit all running programs before installing or
uninstalling Internet Explorer. NOTE: Before uninstalling a beta version of Internet Explorer 5, please verify the updated version of Java is installed. To do this, type jview at an MS-DOS Prompt, and then press ENTER. If the version number is 5.00.3155 or 5.00.3158 and you installed the Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) from the Windows Update Web site, install version 3167 of the Microsoft VM from the following Microsoft Web site before you uninstall Internet Explorer 5 Beta:
MORE INFORMATION
Allow programs to continue running before installing or uninstalling
Internet Explorer 4.0 may cause temporary (.tmp) files to be left on the
hard disk, or may cause unsaved program settings to be lost.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbsetup KB165646 |
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