trashing intenet explorer

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- 01 Apr 2008 15:21 GMT

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Somehow, IE comes up and opens whenever I start my computer. I can't get rid of it. It's always running. When it opens a message comes up that says " Can't find the file" It won't force quit because it's open and I cannot close it. Help!!

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 01 Apr 2008 22:44 GMT

Hi,

> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
> Processor: Power PC
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> says " Can't find the file" It won't force quit because it's open and I
> cannot close it. Help!!

Well you probably have it added to the list of Login items. If you are
in Tiger or Leopard, you can simply ctrl-click the icon in the Dock to
remove it from the login items.

You might also consider launching Safari and making sure there that the
default browser of your choice (not IE) is selected in the Preferences.

Finally, if you really want to you can simply trash Explorer. I don't
believe the application has any component installed anywhere. You would
be left with a few pref files, but it's no big deal. (I decided to keep
the app on my own mac though since it can become handy with a few
sites).

Corentin

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trashing intenet explorer