IE11 was uninstalled because of a problem how to reinstall it (win 10 64bit(

Hi

The title says it all really. I uninstalled ie11 because it was
causing trouble. I assumed I would be able to reinstall but cant find
a way to do it. Win 11 is gone from my control panel in folders and
features. How to reinstall it

HELP - thanks for reading

wrote:

I uninstalled ie11
How to reinstall it
Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off ...

On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 13:13:55 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

wrote:

I uninstalled ie11
How to reinstall it
Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off ...


Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off
dosnt contain IE11. Its not there. I presume it was before I
uninstalled. Can I get it back with the windows boot disk

Thanks for the reply

wrote:
On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 13:13:55 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

wrote:

I uninstalled ie11
How to reinstall it
Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off ...


Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off
dosnt contain IE11. Its not there. I presume it was before I
uninstalled. Can I get it back with the windows boot disk

Thanks for the reply

Does yours look like this ?

https://s9.postimg.org/cgzngwiun/features.gif

Paul

Paul wrote:

mick.davies wrote:

IE11. Its not there.

Does yours look like this ?
https://s9.postimg.org/cgzngwiun/features.gif

That seems to be a Pro or Enterprise version, Home will have fewer
options, but IE11 should still be there ...

Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

mick.davies wrote:

IE11. Its not there.

Does yours look like this ?
https://s9.postimg.org/cgzngwiun/features.gif

That seems to be a Pro or Enterprise version, Home will have fewer
options, but IE11 should still be there ...


I wonder if this could be fixed with

sfc /scannow

which links items from WinSXS back into System32 ?

It would really depend on how the OP removed iexplore.exe
as to whether this is the right course of action.

Internet Explorer consists of two parts. The "iexplore.exe"
is the visible, interactive part. The "mshtml.dll" part helps
with the rendering that portions of the OS might happen to need.
In cases where something in the OS is encoded using HTML/JS,
it's files like mshtml.dll that help with that.

When for EU compliance, iexplore.exe is removed, the mshtml.dll
portion is supposed to stay put, as it's the part which is
considered "part of the OS". The iexplore.exe is merely the
icing on the cake, and not the whole cake.

In any case, the available IE11 versions, even the Cumulative
Security Update for IE11 of Jan.7,2018, there's none for specifically
Windows 10. And unless the installer is encoded specifically for
Windows 10, the version number on the Win8 one is too old and crusty
to work on Windows 10. I don't see a means of escape that way.
And if you grab a 500MB general purpose Cumulative for Windows 10,
that would be hopelessly mis-aligned with the current WinSXS
servicing state.

That leaves

dism ... restorehealth ; A method that repopulates WinSXS, if you delete from there
; Deleting from Program Files doesn't hurt that area.
; This is unlikely to be necessary, unless you're a mercenary :-)
; (Paid to break stuff...)

sfc /scannow ; A method for linking WinSXS files into System32 or
; Program Files or whatever. The command uses web reference
; material in some cases, so the user doesn't have to craft
; additional parameters. In other cases, the user is responsible
; for snagging materials off a DVD for usage with it. This would
; be my #1 step, unless other details of the adventure emerge.

System Restore ; to a time before the damage... Windows 10 frequently
; has System Restore turned off, so the odds of this even
; being available are poor at best.

Third party back/restore ; Use a backup you made, before the incident.

HTH,
Paul

wrote:
Hi

The title says it all really. I uninstalled ie11 because it was
causing trouble. I assumed I would be able to reinstall but cant find
a way to do it. Win 11 is gone from my control panel in folders and
features. How to reinstall it

HELP - thanks for reading

It is not in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer?
--
Bill

Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska

Bill Bradshaw wrote:
wrote:
Hi

The title says it all really. I uninstalled ie11 because it was
causing trouble. I assumed I would be able to reinstall but cant find
a way to do it. Win 11 is gone from my control panel in folders and
features. How to reinstall it

HELP - thanks for reading

It is not in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer?

OK, that hint got me back for a look.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/...to-windows-10/

Admin Powershell

Get-WindowsCapability -Online

That gave me a list of packages. Maybe 270 packages,
most of them some sort of language package, but one included...

Name : Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~0.0.11.0
State : Installed

And the instructions say to try:

Add-WindowsCapability –Online -Name Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~

Then see what happens.

The Command Prompt equivalent is supposed to be like this.
The /Source: argument should not be needed on the end of
the command, because (apparently) the CAB can be fetched
from Windows Update.

DISM.EXE /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~

"So if the pieces for these features aren’t included in Windows, where can
they be found? At the moment, in two places:

On Windows Update. As a result, machines connected to the internet can
download the pieces that are needed automatically.
"

HTH,
Paul

Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

mick.davies wrote:

IE11. Its not there.

Does yours look like this ?
https://s9.postimg.org/cgzngwiun/features.gif

That seems to be a Pro or Enterprise version, Home will have fewer
options, but IE11 should still be there ...

It is.
IE11 check box is present in Programs and Features on Windows 10 Home

--
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msft mvp 2007-2016, insider mvp 2016-2018

Paul wrote:
Bill Bradshaw wrote:
wrote:
Hi

The title says it all really. I uninstalled ie11 because it was
causing trouble. I assumed I would be able to reinstall but cant
find a way to do it. Win 11 is gone from my control panel in
folders and features. How to reinstall it

HELP - thanks for reading

It is not in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer?

OK, that hint got me back for a look.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/...to-windows-10/

Admin Powershell

Get-WindowsCapability -Online

That gave me a list of packages. Maybe 270 packages,
most of them some sort of language package, but one included...

Name : Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~0.0.11.0
State : Installed

And the instructions say to try:

Add-WindowsCapability –Online -Name Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~

Then see what happens.

The Command Prompt equivalent is supposed to be like this.
The /Source: argument should not be needed on the end of
the command, because (apparently) the CAB can be fetched
from Windows Update.

DISM.EXE /Online /Add-Capability
/CapabilityName:Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~
"So if the pieces for these features aren’t included in Windows,
where can they be found? At the moment, in two places:

On Windows Update. As a result, machines connected to the
internet can download the pieces that are needed automatically.
"

This good information but also eveything you need is included in you
computer backups :-).

Bill

On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 13:13:55 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

wrote:

I uninstalled ie11
How to reinstall it
Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off ...

Thanks for the reply

Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off
dosnt contain IE11. I assume it did before I uninstalled it. Can I get
it back by using a Win 10 boot disk?

wrote:

Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off
dosnt contain IE11.

That's odd, it should contain a tick box for it whether or not it's
installed, all that changes is whether it's ticked or not, maybe post a
screenshot somewhere?

wrote:
On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 13:13:55 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

wrote:

I uninstalled ie11
How to reinstall it
Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off ...

Thanks for the reply

Control panel/programs & features/turn windows features on or off
dosnt contain IE11. I assume it did before I uninstalled it. Can I get
it back by using a Win 10 boot disk?

You probably haven't actually deleted all the materials to
do this from your hard drive. I checked, and practically
all the files in these two Program Files folders, are
available in WinSXS. I used "md5sum" hash calcs to identify
files likely to be the same. While Sysinternals uses "findlinks"
for this, I did it the "hard way". IE11 exists as both
a 32 bit and a 64 bit version (on a 64 bit OS installation).
IE11 would only exist as a 32 bit version on a 32 bit OS,
cutting the number of files roughly in half here.

OK 3072,db1ca35ef1073318244a3414e955fb84,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\en-US\hmmapi.dll.mui
OK 2560,4463ad0410e861f383c6f7c9fd663da4,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\en-US\ieinstal.exe.mui
OK 5632,b9603cf4417cdc08ecde2fe5ee80f14e,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\en-US\iexplore.exe.mui
OK 54272,27322d4afb4f47cdcc1fde6d43f36db2,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\ExtExport.exe
OK 53760,2ffad98204f203e08486dd09c1a27253,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\hmmapi.dll
OK 5430,14532f2c3b9ef902a712150efdc3d7cd,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\images\bing.ico
OK 222720,c96a7b7fdb8a5d7eabc8936cdb0a9001,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\ielowutil.exe
OK 512000,9bba335075836d8a93755e81a3557fd9,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\iediagcmd.exe
456,fd250da2d7157e2fd085ebf7b9c734c2,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\SIGNUP\install.ins
OK 501760,7111027a9bd286a0e634c5e83a2fba67,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\ieinstal.exe
OK 402432,fa1bc6a7cb0b943b2394e31fd917b452,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\IEShims.dll
OK 49688,9b06db0952f3768757ce665a623b8dfe,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\sqmapi.dll
OK 824632,fbe82a489d5fe5a4e66b6a5b544499d0,C:\Program Files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe

OK 5632,b9603cf4417cdc08ecde2fe5ee80f14e,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\en-US\iexplore.exe.mui
OK 3072,db1ca35ef1073318244a3414e955fb84,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\en-US\hmmapi.dll.mui
OK 2560,4463ad0410e861f383c6f7c9fd663da4,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\en-US\ieinstal.exe.mui
OK 2963,14ea28e48740cb4db9c233347c76a79a,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ie9props.propdesc
OK 45568,e285a331f671177dd33f18b783ae604d,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe
OK 50688,eaec3cf98b5d8db64f8366df00d7d041,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\hmmapi.dll
456,fd250da2d7157e2fd085ebf7b9c734c2,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\install.ins
OK 221184,4b26d242a6bb1bac48e4f4d855309f03,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
OK 334848,7d8bca917021f2aa94d6295176ddd702,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEShims.dll
OK 42960,bd43c7a87ff390bf3807b0b15b943d7a,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\sqmapi.dll
OK 482304,b0405ccd020b3a392df23cef76050357,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe
OK 822584,58083f7faa11c18a4b5d160aee6b977b,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

All the files with an OK status, are in the WinSXS directory,
ready to be hard-linked back into their respective folders. When
you delete the contents of Program Files (x86) and Program Files,
there can be file pointers in WinSXS which result in no loss
of data clusters.

sfc /scannow may put the files back, by doing the hard-linking for you.
(DISM restorehealth type commands would repair WinSXS if it was damaged.)

I suppose what the tools will do, depends on whether the OS "thinks"
the package is actually uninstalled and Programs and Features agrees.
You would think if the WinSXS files were present, then the Programs
and Features would have a tick box to repair the Windows Feature.

3072,db1ca35ef1073318244a3414e955fb84,C:\Windows\W inSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..otmailapi.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.16299 .15_en-us_c82a5d8ab9ee6e6c\hmmapi.dll.mui
2560,4463ad0410e861f383c6f7c9fd663da4,C:\Windows\W inSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ieinstal.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.15_ en-us_acda3100e6e8cc1d\ieinstal.exe.mui
5632,b9603cf4417cdc08ecde2fe5ee80f14e,C:\Windows\W inSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..-optional.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.15_ en-us_e940989bc17159bc\iexplore.exe.mui
54272,27322d4afb4f47cdcc1fde6d43f36db2,C:\Windows\ WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ie-impexp-extexport_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_7f0 97e8157ed9c93\ExtExport.exe
53760,2ffad98204f203e08486dd09c1a27253,C:\Windows\ WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ie-hotmailapi_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.16299.15_none_8d3 80845b611f007\hmmapi.dll
5430,14532f2c3b9ef902a712150efdc3d7cd,C:\Windows\W inSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ie-internetexplorer_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_n one_806dbde9ae66870e\bing.ico
222720,c96a7b7fdb8a5d7eabc8936cdb0a9001,C:\Windows \WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ie-ielowutil_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_578 1ca0705a2c070\ielowutil.exe
512000,9bba335075836d8a93755e81a3557fd9,C:\Windows \WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ie-iediag_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.15_none_6dbdd3c 76d4fb727\iediagcmd.exe
501760,7111027a9bd286a0e634c5e83a2fba67,C:\Windows \WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ieinstal_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_39a7 96ff260a63c6\ieinstal.exe
402432,fa1bc6a7cb0b943b2394e31fd917b452,C:\Windows \WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-ie-ieshims_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_9898e dd62ea10918\IEShims.dll
49688,9b06db0952f3768757ce665a623b8dfe,C:\Windows\ WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..p-ie-sqmapi-windows_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.16299.15_none_2d4144 b730d7d918\sqmapi.dll
824632,fbe82a489d5fe5a4e66b6a5b544499d0,C:\Windows \WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..etexplorer-optional_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_e9c2 1a3a422dce19\iexplore.exe
2963,14ea28e48740cb4db9c233347c76a79a,C:\Windows\W inSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-ieframe_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_c002d 4d276e7d189\ie9props.propdesc
45568,e285a331f671177dd33f18b783ae604d,C:\Windows\ WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-ie-impexp-extexport_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_22e ae2fd9f902b5d\ExtExport.exe
50688,eaec3cf98b5d8db64f8366df00d7d041,C:\Windows\ WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-ie-hotmailapi_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.16299.15_none_311 96cc1fdb47ed1\hmmapi.dll
221184,4b26d242a6bb1bac48e4f4d855309f03,C:\Windows \WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-ie-ielowutil_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_fb6 32e834d454f3a\ielowutil.exe
334848,7d8bca917021f2aa94d6295176ddd702,C:\Windows \WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-ie-ieshims_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_3c7a5 252764397e2\IEShims.dll
42960,bd43c7a87ff390bf3807b0b15b943d7a,C:\Windows\ WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-i..p-ie-sqmapi-windows_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.16299.15_none_3795ef 0965389b13\sqmapi.dll
482304,b0405ccd020b3a392df23cef76050357,C:\Windows \WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-ieinstal_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_dd88 fb7b6dacf290\ieinstal.exe
822584,58083f7faa11c18a4b5d160aee6b977b,C:\Windows \WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-i..etexplorer-optional_31bf3856ad364e35_11.0.16299.192_none_f416 c48c768e9014\iexplore.exe

The one that is missing is install.ins. I see no copy elsewhere on the disk.
It's 456 bytes. Here is the content so you can fake it.

********** install.ins **********
[Branding]
CompanyName=Microsoft Corporation
Wizard_Version=11.00.10586.71
Version=11,00,10586,71
Custom_Key=MICROSO
Global=1
IE4 Welcome Msg=1
Platform=2
GUID={7211FFE6-C149-11D0-AFF0-00AA003758BB}
Type=0
NoClear=1

********** install.ins **********

I would try sfc /scannow (in an Administrator Command Prompt
window) and see if it would work to put the files back.

This utility lightly touches on the topic of hardlinks,
but doesn't form them. This would show how two file pointers
are linked to the same set of data clusters, using info in the
$MFT. I used hashdeep to compute MD5 hashes, compare
them and make a best guess about what file was used.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...oads/findlinks

This is an example of the hashdeep stuff. Use "-j 1" if
scanning a hard drive with this stuff. If you have an
SSD you can try more parallelism and beat the ****
out of the SSD via "-j 4". The downside of using parallelism,
is the files aren't put in order properly.

https://github-production-release-as...2Foctet-stream

hashdeep64.exe -c MD5 -r -j 1 C:\ L:\C_md5.txt

My info was pulled from a system patched to 16299.214. It
doesn't look like .214 applied anything affecting IE11,
which is why the latest file stamps used are .192 instead.

You can see examples of using "mklink" or similar here.
However, what this doesn't solve, is "what should the permissions
on the files be".

https://superuser.com/questions/2557...s-in-windows-7

So let's just hope "sfc /scannow" can fix this instead.
Sure you can mklink your way to glory, and we have
half a clue that TrustedInstaller owns the files sitting
in the Program Files folder, but you're unlikely to get
every detail right by "guessing". You can look at
other Microsoft utility folders to get a feel for
what the permissions should look like. That's why in
the SuperUser thread, there's mention of "it failed".
You would need to impersonate the correct account,
to do this directly with mklink.

I could probably smash it with "psexec -msi cmd.exe"
and while running as the SYSTEM account in there, do
the mklink commands. But that still would not leave the
folder in the "perfectly maintainable" state it was in originally.
Everything must be "just so", so that when the next Patch
Tuesday comes along, the version of IE11 in Program Files
gets changed without any bitter complaints from the MS
installer. That's why we have to be careful with this crap.
Imagine a Windows Update sitting in a huff, spinning
in circles and downloading the same update over and
over again. We don't want that now, do we :-)

Have fun with your sfc /scannow invocation,
Paul

On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 22:05:25 -0700, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ
wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

mick.davies wrote:

IE11. Its not there.

Does yours look like this ?
https://s9.postimg.org/cgzngwiun/features.gif

That seems to be a Pro or Enterprise version, Home will have fewer
options, but IE11 should still be there ...

It is.
IE11 check box is present in Programs and Features on Windows 10 Home


Sorry for not replying sooner but I have been busy with other things

Thanks for all the replies. can confirm that my version of windows is
Windows 10 Pro version 1709 OS Build 16299.309

Looking at the windows features box, there is no internet explorer
listed

I contacted Microsoft support/help and they "took control of my PC"
with some reluctance from me. I saw what they were doing at all times
and after going through things I already tried, thay started to
dowload windows. At that time they said it was impossible to fix
without reinstall from scratch. I didnt want to do this and go through
all the reinstalling of software I have so that was it. It seems I am
destined to used Edge for the future.

A further snag on using Edge is my shorcuts on the desktop, produced
by dragging the address from 1e11 onto the desktop, No longer work as
the properties show them as .website files.

Another problem is clicking on a link in an outlook emaill which
previously opened the link but now produces an error box "This
operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer ....."

So Thats it I think - internet explorer is no longer available and who
knows what other problems will surface over time.

As I say thanks for all the help but to no avail

wrote:
On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 22:05:25 -0700, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ
wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

mick.davies wrote:

IE11. Its not there.
Does yours look like this ?
https://s9.postimg.org/cgzngwiun/features.gif
That seems to be a Pro or Enterprise version, Home will have fewer
options, but IE11 should still be there ...
It is.
IE11 check box is present in Programs and Features on Windows 10 Home


Sorry for not replying sooner but I have been busy with other things

Thanks for all the replies. can confirm that my version of windows is
Windows 10 Pro version 1709 OS Build 16299.309

Looking at the windows features box, there is no internet explorer
listed

I contacted Microsoft support/help and they "took control of my PC"
with some reluctance from me. I saw what they were doing at all times
and after going through things I already tried, thay started to
dowload windows. At that time they said it was impossible to fix
without reinstall from scratch. I didnt want to do this and go through
all the reinstalling of software I have so that was it. It seems I am
destined to used Edge for the future.

A further snag on using Edge is my shorcuts on the desktop, produced
by dragging the address from 1e11 onto the desktop, No longer work as
the properties show them as .website files.

Another problem is clicking on a link in an outlook emaill which
previously opened the link but now produces an error box "This
operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer ....."

So Thats it I think - internet explorer is no longer available and who
knows what other problems will surface over time.

As I say thanks for all the help but to no avail

Just for the record (so someone else doesn't do it),
exactly how did you do the uninstall of IE11 ?

Was it purely by the tick box in Programs and Features : Windows features ?

Or did you use something like Revo Uninstaller, or a similar
crafty method ?

Paul