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By: Rajesh Gowda

Rajesh Gowda — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:27:58 +0000

Hello all,

If you do not find SPUNINST folder under C:\Windows\ie8
Please copy the same folder structure from another server and run spuninst.exe.

It would probably as some files that may be required to uninstall, as and when it asks for a file find the file in another pc and copy it on to the PC.

IMP: IEENCODE.DLL.000 file is required.
I could not find this file any location.
What i did was, i copied the IEENCODE.DLL file to another location and renamed it as IEENCODE.DLL.000
and feed this file when uninstaller asks.

done.. your IE 8 is uninstalled successfully!

By: elena

elena — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:27:33 +0000

thanks so much!
i updated onto IE8 a couple weeks ago, and i hated it, so i just stop using IE and downloaded google chrome, but that dowsnt let you work online so i had to go back to IE, but i just couldnt work with the one i had so i came over here and BAM! its gone
thanks lots….again

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:09:21 +0000

Internet Explorer 8 just plain SUCKS! Had best luck with Glary Absolute Uninstaller freeware!

By: Josefina

Josefina — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:59:22 +0000

I took out Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Vista, I diiid I am soo happy thank so much for your help, for me IE 8 is a really bad prograaaam

By: stiv

stiv — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:36:54 +0000

THANK YOU,, this ie8 wudnt let me on sum sites that yu download stuff off of,, it was pretty stupid,, it kept kicking me off,, and/or freezing my computer,, microsoft,, yu suck,, check the new updates b4 making ppl upgrade,,

By: bill m

bill m — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:05:19 +0000

download revo uninstaller. You will see the ie8 graphic on the screen. You will also need to download and use an app called unlocker. Job done. (win xp pro sp3)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:06:16 +0000

I have a question. We downloaded IE 8 (we have Vista and had IE 7 before) and now we get a pop up saying “Do you want to continue running scripts? yes/no” every time we click on IE. It does nothing whether we say yes or no. It’s frustratng as a pop up initially but also stops us from opening links. We tried going to internet options and disabling the notice but it STILL happens?

What do we do:?

By: Manx

Manx — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:56:06 +0000

Try uninstalling using this method: http://tinyurl.com/d9xg5m

By: Uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 8

Uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:46:03 +0000

[...] most computer systems it can – like any other software – cause problems on some. We covered ways to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 manually a while ago which allowed those users to restore a previous version of Internet Explorer [...]

By: IE sucks

IE sucks — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:47:41 +0000

ie sucks…. dont install it to get head ache.

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:05:00 +0000

I’m having the same issue. Yesterday, I tried to uninstall it and got an error message. (invaild syntax. c command is not allowed more than one time). I also did a system restore to revert back to ie7. I got rid of ie8. then, ie7 was disabled. I had XP Sp3 before ie8. I’m not sure what to do here.

By: Hudson

Hudson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:36:28 +0000

I too downloaded the latest virus (IE8) when on restart it kept crashing. Finally able to get things running long enough to uninstall and go back to 7, but still having crashes. Scanned for malware and/or viruses but nothing there. Any suggestions??

By: ah

ah — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:32:38 +0000

I went through all this and this is how I was able to reverse it. On the page that has uninstall updates (where this article says IE8 should be located), the lower left has a spot to show windows updates, click on this. under this page I was able to find IE 8 and uninstall it. I could not find it anywhere else, the command prompts did not work, I could not find spuninst.exe. I hope this works for someone else.

By: Koster

Koster — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:51:43 +0000

i get the same as sunson. sooooooooooooooooooo frustrated.

By: sunson

sunson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:22:29 +0000

it says
invaild syntax. c command is not allowed more than one time !!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: mo

mo — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:20:42 +0000

thank you. I was about to get in trouble with internet explorer 8. It messed up my northon anti virus and it was super slow. i couldn’t do sytem restore for some reason can someone tell me how to do system restore

By: Freakin Pissed

Freakin Pissed — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:27:30 +0000

OK: For Real this time! 9 HOURS LATER! This is exactly HOW TO REMOVE WIE8 Beta 2 for those of us who aren’t familiar with how to program a computer!

Alternative steps for Windows Vista or for Windows Server 2008
To uninstall Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, follow these steps:
Carefully select and then copy the following command:
FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-8*.mum /c “cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart”

Click Start, and then type cmd.exe in the Start Search box. In the list of programs, right-click Cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator. (I did NOT have to use Run as admistrator option)

Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue. Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt window, and then click Paste to paste the command that you copied in step 1.

Press ENTER to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.

Verify that your earlier version of Internet Explorer was restored.

If this method did not work for you, please contact support for Internet Explorer 8

(http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?prid=12357) for additional help.

By: Freakin Pissed

Freakin Pissed — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:55:51 +0000

PSS: This is what I get for EVERY webpage I try to open:

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

What you can try:

By: Freakin Pissed

Freakin Pissed — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:54:37 +0000

PS: none of my security systems work; none of my search bars work; nothing works! PLEASE HELP!