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Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express requires Internet Explorer 6 or greater to run properly. Please reinstall Internet Explorer 6.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:55 PM

Hi

I am having problems installing Visual Studio 2010 Express (VB) on my pc: Win 7 x64 (Home Premium) Service Pack 1.

I get the error message "Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express requires Internet Explorer 6 or greater to run properly. Please reinstall Internet Explorer 6".

I have uninstalled and reinstalled IE9 but to no avail.

Should I really install IE8 and if so, which version Vista x64?, because there is no Win7 x64 version.

Any advice?

Thanks

Oisin

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Monday, April 30, 2012 8:01 AM ✅Answered

Hi OisinK,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

I'm not sure why you need IE when installing Visual Basic 2010 Express, haven't seen this before, but I think here are some solutions which may help you:

First of all, as you mentioned of How to install IE8 on Win 7:

Downgrading Internet Explorer from 9 to 8 is a feature “hidden” from view in Windows 7. Since there isn’t a download available for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, the only way to revert back is through the “View Installed Updates” menu inside Control Panel -> Programs.
I had to revert back to IE8 since we still have a number of users with Windows XP (which only runs in IE8)
You can remove IE9 and install IE8 using the following steps.

  1. Close all programs.
  2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs category
  4. In the Tasks pane, click View installed updates.
  5. In the list of installed updates, double-click Windows Internet Explorer 9.
     
    Once Internet Explorer 9 has been uninstalled from your system, the computer will require a reboot. After rebooting, your computer should now revert back to Internet Explorer 8.
    To disable IE8 or IE9 in Windows 7, go to Control Panel -> Programs. Click on the “Turn on Windows Features on or off” link. Uncheck Internet Explorer 9 (or Internet Explorer 8). The system will then act as if Internet Explorer is no longer installed. You can re-enable it via a simple checkbox.

Or I suggest you turn on IE 9 feature to see the result of your installation. 

If you still failed, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,

Barry Wang [MSFT]
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