Microsoft claims that IE8 in Windows 7 is not completely uninstalled.

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft's Windows development team's product manager, Mayo, wrote in the company's official blog on Friday that, in the Windows 7 operating system RC (Release Candidate edition) to be released, you can disable components such as IE 8 browser, Windows Media Player, and Windows Search. However, this function is only disabled and is not completely uninstalled.

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If a Windows 7 user wants to disable the above Windows Components, he said, he can find "enable or disable the Windows component function" in the control panel, and in the corresponding list, you can disable a widget by removing the check mark before it is disabled. If you want to use this component again next time, you can reactivate it in the same control panel.

Taking the IE 8 browser as an example, after you Disable IE 8 in the preceding way, the system will delete the executable file named ipolice.exe ", but other code of IE 8 will remain in the system, so that users can reactivate it in the future. The reason why I do not provide the full uninstall function for components such as IE 8 is to make it easier for external developers to use related interfaces, and other applications may also use these components, he said.

"On the one hand, we want to provide users with more choices, and on the other hand, we want to ensure system compatibility, that is, to maintain a balance between the two items," said mayo ." Besides IE 8, other prohibited components include Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Windows DVD maker, Windows Search, handwriting recognition tool, Windows desktop application applet platform, fax and scanning tool, and XPS files. reader and related services.

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