Launcher installs Bonjour...

[DumdogsWorld]

People are still using Internet Explorer?

Reminds me of a friend of mine who claims to have "completely uninstalled" Internet Explorer from his computer using 3rd party tools.

It doesn't work like that. I know. I've seen the code. Both retail Windows and Windows CE 5, the latter which is open source under a restrictive license.

99% of the code that makes Internet Explorer what it is is also bundled into Windows Explorer. The Internet Explorer executable pretty much just acts like a "client" for that functionality.

Every time you go to browse the folders on your hard drive - surprise! Same code.

Although, the motion to eliminate the Internet Explorer executable as a major browser is for the best. Insecure code is less likely to be exploited with offline use.

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Reminds me of a friend of mine who claims to have "completely uninstalled" Internet Explorer from his computer using 3rd party tools.

It doesn't work like that. I know. I've seen the code. Both retail Windows and Windows CE 5, the latter which is open source under a restrictive license.

99% of the code that makes internet explorer what it is is also bundled into Windows Explorer. The Internet Explorer executable pretty much just acts like a "client" for that functionality.

Every time you go to browse the folders on your hard drive - surprise! Same code.

Although, the motion to eliminate the Internet Explorer executable as a major browser is for the best. Insecure code is less likely to be exploited with offline use.

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i remember, once upon-a-time, i tried removing Internet Explorer. there is/was an actual option in Windows to remove it, but it doesn't FULLY remove it in its entirety. and if you attempt to remove it on your own, you break Windows. i never did explore an alternative to the default Explorer and then trying again. but, as i understand it, Internet Explorer and Explorer are basically the same thing. and the Internet Explorer is critical to Explorer and Windows operation.

i personally hope Microsoft will one day just destroy the thing and make it work some other way. (or, as you say, make it offline only. this would be sensible, because it's not like IE is actually broken.) with the way Flash is going and the fact that certain developers offer the ability to play their games through a so-called 'mini-client' that uses Internet Explorer... well, these developers will never update to Unity, which is bad. Flash is terrible and should have never became a thing in the first place. it was never good, and never will be. just my opinion, though. i can't wait for Flash support to be dropped from common browsers. this will separate the developers who actually care about the quality of the game their users play from those who don't. those who will cling to their IE-based mini-client will be called out as trash.