disable IE

[hypnotizeminds]

I read somewhere that there was a way to disable Internet Explorer so that it would never run for any purpose again until you enabled it. If I remember right, it was a string located within a .ini file somewhere. Can someone please help? I am a big fan of Firefox and wish to never run IE again on my PC.

[degsy]

Actually, you probably want IE to be active for Updates and Patches because it is integrated into Windows/Explorer.

[hypnotizeminds]

That being said, IS there a way to disable it? Maybe, I can enable it to get updates periodically, then disable it again when I am done. Just curious anyways. I probably won't run my computer that way for very long. Thanks for the suggestion though, degsy.

[degsy]

depends on the OS.

[hypnotizeminds]

lol. Windows XP Professional SP1.

[degsy]

You can set permissions on the folder/executable so that only certain members or groups can access it.

or you can goto Set Program Defaults via Add/Remove Programs and set Firefox as default and Disable Internet Explorer.

Windows will then automatically remove (hide) references to Internet Explorer.