How to install the Windows Desktop Update without having to install IE4.

1.  Unzip the contents of Desktop Update.ZIP to a temporary folder.

2.  Using Windows Explorer, navigate to your temporary folder.

3.  Right click on IE4SHELL.INF 

4.  Choose install in context menu.
 
5.  You will receive an error ("an error occurred copying wallpaper.htm"). 
    Choose Skip file.
 
6.  Reboot your computer.  Be advised, your start button will not work.

7.  Double click on your My Computer icon and select Control Panel.

8.  Double click on Add\Remove Programs.

9.  Choose IE 5.0, click on add/remove.
 
10. Now choose Repair and Yes. 

11. Reboot your computer by answering "Yes" to restart dialog.

12. Now go to Start>Run and type the following:  

    regsvr32.exe webvw.dll 
    

The show desktop and channel icons may be missing from your Quick 
Launch bar.  If this is the case, follow these directions to create
them.

1.  Copy the both the channels.scf file and the desktop.scf file to your
    Windows/System folder.

2.  Rename the channels.scf file to "View Channels.scf" and rename desktop.scf 
    to "Show Desktop.scf"

3.  Right click and create a shortcut to each scf file and place them 
    in the Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch 
    folder.

4.  Reboot.



 

