What first started the issue was that I had installed IE 7. (Bad choice to begin with. I am a firm supporter of Mozilla FireFox.) After installing IE 7, I attempted to use the program for a website that is IE specific. However, after double clicking the IE 7 desktop icon that had been created, IE 7 had created an immediate error and had to be closed. I couldn't tell what error had been created but I know its on a different line and with a different code every time when I read the "details" of the error and subsequent shutdown.
Now, I've figured to just uninstall IE 7 and revert back to IE 6. BUT, after several attempts at uninstalling, I get the following error:
Setup cannot copy the file: ieakmmc.chm
So I click "Cancel" and I get the following message:
Do you want to continue setup without copying this file
I click "Yes" and get the following message:
If you cancel copying this file Windows might not work correctly. Are you sure you want to cancel this file
And once again I click "Yes". What is now being referred to as "Set Up" instead of "Uninstall" continues on, but immediately after that I get another error of the same message, stating that the file "ieeula.chm" cannot be copied. So I go through the same process as I did with the "ieakmmc.chm" file and after finishing this, I get another file that can't be copied. The rest of the files that could not be copied were:
iesupp.chm
iexplore.chm
inetres.adm
html.iec
After going through those files in the same fashion as I did with the original "ieakmmc.chm" file, I get a new error stating:
The file 'mshtml.dll.000' on Windows NT Service Pack uninstall Directory is needed.
I treat this error the same way as "ieakmmc.chm" and IE 7's uninstall creates one last error stating that the uninstall cannot be completed. I also tried clicking "Retry" but in doing so, I cannot go past the first file "ieakmmc.chm".
I figure to download and install the newest IE 7, because after all that I've read, that will uninstall the previous version and everything will be fine. Well, after downloading and doubling click the installer, I get through almost the entire unpacking process of the installer and get the following error:
"update\iesetup.exe is not a valid Win32 application."
This error tells me about as much as "I am mad at you, and you should know why, therefore I won't tell you why." So in all of my frustration to still download IE 7, or attempt to revert BACK to IE 6, I have come thus far and am now stuck at what I should do now.
PLEASE, I apologize for the long windedness, but I need some help with this. Thank you to anyone that has taken the time to read all of this craziness.
~Naru