Editing Internet Explorer (section)

==Removal==
{{Main|Removal of Internet Explorer}}
While a major upgrade of Internet Explorer can be uninstalled in a traditional way if the user has saved the original application files for installation, the matter of uninstalling the version of the browser that has shipped with an operating system remains a controversial one.

The idea of removing a stock install of Internet Explorer from a Windows system was proposed during the ''[[United States v. Microsoft Corp.]]'' case. One of Microsoft's arguments during the trial was that removing Internet Explorer from Windows may result in system instability. Indeed, programs that depend on libraries installed by IE, including Windows help and support system, fail to function without IE. Before Windows Vista, it was not possible to run [[Windows Update]] without IE because the service used ActiveX technology, which no other web browser supports.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-11-03 |title=Business Week Online/Microsoft Watch |url=http://www.businessweek.com/microsoft/updates/up90203a.htm |access-date=2023-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103171910/http://www.businessweek.com/microsoft/updates/up90203a.htm |archive-date=November 3, 1999 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2011-01-15 |title=Feds Accuse MS of Falsification |magazine=Wired |url=http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/02/17689 |access-date=2023-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115024801/http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/02/17689 |archive-date=January 15, 2011 |last1=McCullagh |first1=Declan }}</ref>