IE9 beta issues

[wheeldawg]

I recently had the urge to try out IE9, after hearing a lot of podcasts, news, and reviews about it. Never intended to use it as a primary, but as I help out nooby friends with their systems, it never hurts to be familiar with the up and coming.

That said, I downloaded and installed the beta for v9. Up til then, I had kept IE8 installed and updated, but never used it unless I was previewing how a site looked in IE vs my usual Firefox/Chrome combo.

It installed without issue, and after the obligatory reboot, I tried to launch it. It shows a white window start to open but immediately closes without any kind of error message. I've seen a few reports of this from a Google search on the issue, and the only advice I saw (which I had assumed I would need to do before I saw it) was to uninstall/reinstall.

Usually they mention going into the "downloaded updates" section of the Uninstall Programs window, but there are no listings for IE9 beta to uninstall. However, if I just try to reinstall anyway, it says there's a more recent version installed already.

So I can't uninstall, reinstall, OR run the program as it stands now.
Any ideas?

 

[bruceb]

See below: (from here) http://social.answers.microsoft.com...r/thread/7250c2d2-20e1-4f0a-8056-4a6abd9a0f9b

IE9 is currently a pre-release software and you may need to remove it to get back to a production environment. However, when they try to uninstall through add/remove programs, IE9 is not in the program list but listed under Installed Updates.
You can remove IE9 Beta using the following steps.
1. Close all programs.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs category
4. In the Tasks pane, click View installed updates.
5. In the list of installed updates, double-click Windows Internet Explorer 9.
6. In the Uninstall an update dialog box, click Yes.
Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
7. Follow the instructions to uninstall Internet Explorer 9.
8. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.
9. After you restart your computer, open Internet Explorer.
10. Click About Internet Explorer on the Help menu. If Internet Explorer 7 or 8 appears in the About Internet Explorerdialog box, then you have successfully completed the uninstall.

 

[wheeldawg]

You seem to have missed the part where I mentioned there is no listing for IE9 in the "installed updates" section.

Either way, it seems to have worked itself out now.

 

[bruceb]

No, I did not miss what you said. But read my post again. IE9 is in the LIST OF INSTALLED UPDATES in the ADD / REMOVE utility of Windows.

 

[pw38]

No, I did not miss what you said. But read my post again. IE9 is in the LIST OF INSTALLED UPDATES in the ADD / REMOVE utility of Windows.

You're saying the same thing he said already. It's not under the list of installed updates in the programs and features link (or add remove in xp). Reread his post again.

edit Besides, he said it seems to have worked itself out now lol.