Re: Removing 64-bit IE by Stefan
Stefan
Wed Jun 04 13:36:11 PDT 2008
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:08:33 -0700 (PDT), Rob
<robertscottbrown@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have a 64-bit 2003 Server that is also a Citrix server. It has both
>the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of IE installed. For some reason, I
>cannot get one version or the other to be the default. I'm guessing
>it is because one user in a terminal session will open the 64-bit
>version of IE and will set it to default while a user in a different
>terminal session will use the 32-bit version. So, my proposal is to
>eliminate one of the versions. Since we rely on Flash in some web
>sites, I'm guessing we need to get rid of the 64-bit version. My
>question is, can I safely get uninstall it leaving only the 32-bit
>version to be the default web browser?
As far as I know, you can not uninstall the 64-bit version only.
The 64-bit version is located in %ProgramFiles%, where the 32-bit
version is located in %ProgramFiles(x86)%.
You may succeed by creating a hard link from one folder to the other,
after renaming the folder of the 64-bit version.
You will need to rename the hard link and original folder before every
update or the 32-bit version will be updated with the 64-bit version.
You may want to check any shortcut to point to the 32-bit version,
which would be the best solution.
VB script should do this for you, use one as logon script.
Check desktop and start menu shortcuts.
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Stefan Pendl
Windows XP Pro SP 2
Celeron M 1.3 GHz
752 MB DDR RAM