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June 28, 2001

How do I install the Windows Desktop Update component directly from the Internet Explorer 5.0 setup process?

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A. Usually, you must first install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (IE 4.0) with the Windows Desktop Update component, then upgrade to IE 5.0 or higher. However, you can perform the following steps to directly install the component from the IE 5.0 setup process:

  1. Run IE 5.0's setup file (ie5setup.exe).
  2. When IE 5.0's license dialog box appears, find iesetup.cif in one of the subdirectories of the Windows Temp directory.
  3. Open iesetup.cif with Notepad and locate in [IE4Shell_Win] (for Windows 98/95) or [IE4Shell_NTx86] (for Windows NT) "DisplayName=%MSIE4Shell%." Change UIVISIBLE=0 to UIVISIBLE=1, and save the file.
  4. Accept the license, then click CustomInstall.
  5. You can see the "Windows Desktop Update" component in the components list. Select it and any other components you need. Then click Continue.

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Reader Comments
What a cool fix. Since IE4 is no longer supported or available, this fix was simple, easy, and oh, so elegant. I can't understand why Microsoft does not publish this in the Knowledge Base!

Bill November 10, 2002


After running around like a mouse in a maze trying to get to the solution on the Microsoft site, Google brought me to you. It was just too easy for something that was so difficult to find. Thanks.

Alan January 24, 2003


Excellent tip!!! Proved very helpful indeed.

Anuj February 14, 2003


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dpoach October 18, 2003


I am using Windows 95OSR 2 Spanish, and I can not install Windows Desktop Update, because a different language version. In Adition, IE5 was spanish version. I don't know what happened.

Anonymous User December 11, 2004 (Article Rating: )


You can download IE4 from here http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/4.01_SP2

Anonymous User January 19, 2005


searching in google groups:

"First you will need the IE4 setup files...

If you never have installed IE4 in your Win95 system, extract the file
ie4setup.inf from the file ie4setup.exe to the windows/inf folder. (use
"extract ie4setup.exe ie4setup.inf")

Now, from the ie5setup directory write the following command

ie5setup.exe /C:"ie5wzd /e:IE4Shell_WIN/I:Y "

Anonymous User August 28, 2005 (Article Rating: )


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