Reinstall of IE 11 after rollback/downgrade to IE 10
I have created a package that will deploy IE 11 on WIndows 7 Workstations. There is no uninstall if IE 10 with the pre reqs installed first in a single vbs that would install IE-REDIST.exe as the second last step. The upgrade goes fine and the below mentioned KB's are used as Pre reqs. I was able to downgrade to IE 10 from IE 11. But i am not able to reinstall IE 11 again on the machine. The installation is successful but it still shows as IE 10. Is this allowed or am i doing somehting wrong ? Kindly help
KB2834140
KB2670838
KB2639308
KB2533623
KB2731771
KB2729094
KB2786081
KB2888049
KB2882822
IE-REDIST.exe
KB2841134-x86.CAB
Answers (5)
Top Answer
This webpage may be of assistance:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3061428
or perhaps
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/how-to-package-internet-explorer-11-x64-for-windows-7-x64
I just upgraded a Windows 7 x64 (Pro) VM from IE9 through to 11 via Windows Update and then uninstalled IE11 via Windows Update -> Installed Updates (reverting to IE10) successfully (after a restart).
I then downloaded the IE11 x64 installer and ran this command:
IE11-Windows6.1-x64-en-us.exe /update-no /forcerestart
It failed with the error message 'Internet Explorer did not finish installing'.
I re-ran the install command line but without the update-no and with passive to suppress the prompt:
IE11-Windows6.1-x64-en-us.exe /passive /forcerestart
During the process it stated that it was Installing Language Package. I assume that this is being downloaded from the Internet.
I strongly recommend consulting the webpages suggested above and building an offline installer package as described... however, if you are looking for a quick and dirty (QAD) but successful installation of IE11 AND your endpoints are Internet connected then I found that this command line would do the trick every time:
IE11-Windows6.1-x64-en-us.exe /passive /forcerestart
If your deployment is out of hours or bandwidth not an issue then this option may be preferred for convenience. Do be aware that the subsequent update(s) will still need to be applied using the QAD method, which is another reason why the QAD method is not recommended.
When troubleshooting Windows Update components, as well as the logs one handy place to see what patches are installed is in the Event Viewer -> Windows Logs -> Setup node.
Which ever method you decide to use, I suggest checking that the spell checker still works once installed.
Check the logs to see if everything is ok.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn321441.aspx
Make you suppress the setup for looking updates by using /update-no.
https://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-deploy-the-latest-internet-explorer-with-updates/