Cant remove this retarded IE8

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  I have also tried to remove it by the following 2 options but get the same message of the needed file of vgx.dll.000 on windows NT servicePack Uninstall , bla bla bla !
  
  

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type %windir%\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe, and then click OK.

   

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK. It may take several seconds for your computer to compile a list of programs.
  3. Scroll down through the list and click Windows Internet Explorer 8, and then click Remove.

   

   

  NODA , does not work !

  Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:37 PM
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  Hello,
  
  Thank you for your post!  Unfortunately there is not a current forum to post the question you are asking so I would recommend that you post your question to one of the Discussions in microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general located here:  
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&cat=en_us_28cca3eb-7037-4d4f-bde1-d8efee1f1420&lang=en&cr=us
  
  Hope that helps!

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  Kiran Polimetla Tier 2 Application Support Server and Tools Online Engineering Live Services Team

  • Proposed as answer by Kiran Polimetla Wednesday, February 4, 2009 4:54 AM
  • Marked as answer by Kiran Polimetla Monday, March 9, 2009 6:36 AM

  Wednesday, February 4, 2009 4:54 AM
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  yep thanks i will post over there , hopfully a admin makes this topic sticky seeing there is no info for this problem so any others have this problem they can check at the link you gave for info !

  Wednesday, February 4, 2009 8:26 AM
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  Hey guys i found a way to remove it when you recieve the error cant find file what i did was !

  
  

  
  

  
  

  went to windows folderin C drive selected folder options then show hidden files then used the search and typed vgx.dll.000 and found one that worked in 

  C:\WINDOWS\ie8(2)

  
  

  then got error cant find install.ins on windows NT Service Pack Uninstall Directory is needed so typed install.ins in the search and found it in the directory of C:\WINDOWS\ie8 used that in the "Copy files from" started unistalling then had yet another error stating "Setup cannot copy the file hmmapi.dll.mui" searched that and found it back in the other file C:\WINDOWS\ie8(2) so i put that in the Copy files from box and clicked enter , then needed iexplore.exe.mui so i searched that , then ieakmmc.chm then file ieeula.chm ,and you can see where this is going every file had to be pointed out for the location one by one so just keep going , dont worry there is a end your about quarter the way there ! then it actually says Windows IE8 has been sucessfully removed reboot !

  
  

  
  

  • Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, August 5, 2012 3:21 AM

  Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:00 PM
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  Well Itchy123,

  Thanks for telling how you have found a way to uninstall IE8 from your computer, I will try to do the same but it is not fair of Microsoft to torture people the way they do, I was many weeks in search of a methode to do the same you have done, it is a long way since I‘m not quit a expert on the pc like you are, but thanks anyway, maybe i will buy an apple next time.

  Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:52 AM
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  yeah no problem if your still stuck

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  Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:53 AM
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  or buy a linux next time

  Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:50 PM
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  Or ask similar questions here: 

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum
  

  Thanks!

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  • Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Sunday, August 5, 2012 3:22 AM

  Sunday, August 5, 2012 3:22 AM