You can't remove Internet Explorer from Windows. You can, depending on certain circumstances, revert back from say IE8 to IE7 or IE6, though why you would want to is an excellent question, but you can never completely get rid of IE from Windows. Not only are both of those versions riddled with major security issues that will never be fixed, they aren't able to properly render most websites these days.
I am having great difficulty with the removal of my IE 8 browser.
A simple attempt to delete Internet Explorer folder in C drive doesn't do the trick.
I suspect that there is another way to do this, & that I am likely not doing it, or so. I do not know this.
Also, if I do this, will other files currently deposited in my download folder be affected, & hence removed along with the Internet Explorer folder?
Ostensibly, the files in the download folder _shouldn't_ be affected, correct?

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