Here's what's up. I spoke with a friend, who has a friend, who uninstalled IE. So now he has no browser, and no installation for any other browser. What to do if you've done such a thing? Use the command prompt. Please note that the commands used are put in caps for emphasis, you should just use common letters when typing in the commands.

START/RUN and type CMD.

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Next you have an option of how you want to start the FTP transfer. Either type FTP then OPEN FTP.MOZILLA.ORG or just type FTP FTP.MOZILLA.ORG

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Either way, you'll get the following screen.

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Log in using ANONYMOUS and any password (I used GUEST).

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Next, you need to change to the directory that has the latest version of the FIREFOX browser for download.

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Then you need to check for the name of the file.

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After that, you need to download the file to a place you can find it (Drive C:\> probably).

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When the file is done, you will see this screen.

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At that point, go to your primary partition or drive C:\> and you will see the file successfully downloaded. Just run it and you should have a GUI browser setup in no time.

Below is the abstract from the commands and the results. You can use it to copy/paste in your window to ensure you're doing it right. Note that EN-US is case sensative, and must be typed in en-US.


C:\>ftp ftp.mozilla.org
Connected to dm-ftp01.mozilla.org.
220-
220-** ftp.mozilla.org / archive.mozilla.org - files are in /pub/mozilla.org
220-
220-** Notice: This server is the only place to obtain nightly builds and needs
to
220-** remain available to developers and testers. High bandwidth servers that
220-** contain the public release files are available at ftp://releases.mozilla.
org/
220-** If you need to link to a public release, please link to the release serve
r,
220-** not here. Thanks!
220-
220-** Attempts to download high traffic release files from this server will get
a
220-** "550 Permission denied." response.
220
User (dm-ftp01.mozilla.org:(none)): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230-
230-** ftp.mozilla.org / archive.mozilla.org - files are in /pub/mozilla.org
230-
230-** Notice: This server is the only place to obtain nightly builds and needs
to
230-** remain available to developers and testers. High bandwidth servers that
230-** contain the public release files are available at ftp://releases.mozilla.
org/
230-** If you need to link to a public release, please link to the release serve
r,
230-** not here. Thanks!
230-
230-** Attempts to download high traffic release files from this server will get
a
230-** "550 Permission denied." response.
230 Login successful.
ftp> cd /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-2.0/win32/en-US
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r--* * 1 ftp* * * ftp* * ** 6039048 Apr 15 19:08 Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.e
xe
-rw-r--r--* * 1 ftp* * * ftp* * * * ** 186 Apr 15 19:14 Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.e
xe.asc
226 Directory send OK.
ftp: 172 bytes received in 0.05Seconds 3.74Kbytes/sec.
ftp> get "Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.exe" c:\firefox.exe
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.exe (6039048
bytes).
226 File send OK.
ftp: 6039048 bytes received in 73.70Seconds 81.94Kbytes/sec.
ftp>


At this point you can either close the window, or type QUIT then EXIT - hitting enter on the keyboard after each.

You could also use the same principle on their public releases server (as you saw in the message above) to get the files. Below is the abstract used. You can choose any one you want. The pictures would be somewhat the same.


C:\>ftp
ftp> open releases.mozilla.org
Connected to releases.mozilla.org.
220 "[PUBLIC-CLASS] IU-USSG Public Software Mirror"
User (releases.mozilla.org:(none)): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
ftp> cd /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-2.0/win32/en-US
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r--* * 1 ftp* * * ftp* * * 6039048 Apr 15 19:08 Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.e
xe
-rw-r--r--* * 1 ftp* * * ftp* * * * * 186 Apr 15 19:14 Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.e
xe.asc
226 Directory send OK.
ftp: 172 bytes received in 0.02Seconds 10.75Kbytes/sec.
ftp> get "Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.exe" c:\firefox2.exe
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.exe (6039048
bytes).
226 File send OK.
ftp: 6039048 bytes received in 53.00Seconds 113.94Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

C:\>


Hope the info provided helps out. Have fun, and happy browsing.

PeAcE.

sounds complicated..
why not just go to the Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Add or Remove Windows Components and just reinstall IE from there. and then u can just get firefox and uninstall IE again

Following the method in the second option, and if all you do is copy/paste from what I have listed, it's not hard. And saves the trouble of having to reinstall that problematic browser.

PeAcE.

but inst i.e like built onto the core of windows. so no i.e would mean now explorer to browse folders right?

Maybe this is in case you accidentally or experimentally deleted IE and all that comes with it.

There are ways to remove IE and still have explorer. IEXPLORE.EXE and EXPLORER.EXE are somewhat tied to each other, but different files.

PeAcE.

open any explorer and type

www.whatever.com

It'll browse.

But I STILL find this quite useful.
Good note khat.


Here's why.

You may find yourself in a case where windows is SOOO mucked up, that explorer, its key component, wont load.

Load up task manager
Get command promt going.
And there you'll have a browser - to go search for fixes for your problematic windoze :p