Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 uninstalls itself if setup is run a second time? http://www.cluberti.com/blog/2010/07/29/internet-explorer-8-uninstalls-itself-if-setup-is-run-a-second-time/ Random bits of flair pinned to the internet Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leonard http://www.cluberti.com/blog/2010/07/29/internet-explorer-8-uninstalls-itself-if-setup-is-run-a-second-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Leonard Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:18:48 +0000 http://www.cluberti.com/blog/2010/07/29/internet-explorer-8-uninstalls-itself-if-setup-is-run-a-second-time/#comment-1113 Thanks cluberti for the post. You're not the only one who has run into this. I just sent the IE8 MSI to be installed at a bunch of machines via a basic install script on a scheduled task. Last week, I had a handful of machines do the test-run of the install, and they ran IE8 just fine for a few days... then I sent the same MSI to all machines yesterday, and my test machines from last week have reverted to IE6! I guess my script is going to have to check the registry for the installed version of IE prior to running the IE8 installer... Thanks cluberti for the post. You’re not the only one who has run into this. I just sent the IE8 MSI to be installed at a bunch of machines via a basic install script on a scheduled task.

Last week, I had a handful of machines do the test-run of the install, and they ran IE8 just fine for a few days… then I sent the same MSI to all machines yesterday, and my test machines from last week have reverted to IE6!

I guess my script is going to have to check the registry for the installed version of IE prior to running the IE8 installer…

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