How can I delete not disable ActiveX add-ons in Internet Explorer 7 and 8 Beta 2

Question

I m developing a solution which uses an ActiveX control  a commercial one which we bought and that I did not develop   I need to develop the proper installation pages to simulate what happens when a user who has never visited the site and does not have the add-on installed comes to the page   I ve found the  Manage Add-Ons  bit in Internet Options and I m not having any luck   In IE7  I see an ability to enable or disable any control and a  Delete ActiveX  option  but it s disabled for this particular control   In IE8 Beta 2  the  Manage Add-Ons  bit has been completely reworked and I no longer see an option to delete the control  Each control has a  Properties  dialog and I can  Remove  it  but the button doesn t appear to do anything  could be related to how  Delete ActiveX  doesn t work for this on in IE7    It looks like maybe this control is installed in such a way that merely deleting it from IE won t work or isn t allowed  but it s not a control with its own entry on the Add Remove Programs menu in XP  so I can t uninstall it that way either   How can I delete remove  not disable  this ActiveX control in IE so that I can simulate what happens when people come to the site and the ActiveX control hasn t been installed yet  I figure there must be a way to  purge  IE of it

User · Accepted Answer

You could unregister the control with  regsvr32  u badboy ocx   at the command line  Though i would suggest testing these things in a vmware

User · Answer

Start -  Control Panel -  Programs and Features  search for the Add-ons you would like to uninstall and click on particular one to uninstall   Yes  I tried uninstalling from IE  Tools -  Manage Add-ons and then click  More Information  link at the bottom  however the  Remove  button was disabled  This didn t work   Above mentioned solution for uninstalling from  Programs and Features  works

User · Answer

You can go to IE Tools - gt  Internet options - gt  Advanced Tab  Under Advanced  check for security and put a check on the 1st 2 options which says  Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer  and Allow active content to run in files on My Computer    Restart your browser and the ActiveX scripts will not be shown

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Tools   Manage Add-ons  right click  Name  header and enable the  In Folder  section  go to the directory for the plugin you re interested in  Right click the plugin file  and click  remove

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Close all browsers and tabs to ensure that the ActiveX control is not reside in memory   Open a fresh IE9 browser  Select Tools- Manage Add-ons   Change the drop down to  All add-ons  since the default only shows ones that are loaded   Now select the add-on you wish to remove   There will be a link displayed on the lower left that says  More information    Click it   This opens a further dialog that allows you to safely un-install the ActiveX control   If you follow the direction of manually running the  regsvr32  to remove the OCX it is not sufficient  ActiveX controls are wrapped up as signed CAB files and they extract to multiple DLLs and OCXs potentially   You wish to use IE to safely and correctly unregister every COM DLL and OCX   There you have it   The problem is that in IE 9 it is somewhat hidden since you have to click the  More information  whereas IE8 you could do it from the same UI

User · Answer

You can go to IE Tools - gt  Internet options - gt  Advanced Tab  Under Advanced  check for security and put a check on the 1st 2 options which says  Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer  and Allow active content to run in files on My Computer    Restart your browser and the ActiveX scripts will not be shown

User · Answer

Actually the  Remote  option in Configuration Menu for Plug-In works by me  Win7 64  ie8 with all updates   however    You need administrator rights The plug-in should be disabled before pressing the remove button You need restart internet-explorer to see the changes    Also the previous comment about browsing-history- view objects was also useful if plug-in was installed right now   Regards

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Internet options-- General Tab-- browsing History section     click settings and then click  View objects   A list of your active X add on s are displayed in the windows folder that they are stored in  You can manipulate these files as you would any others  Simply delete the ones you want to uninstall and restart IE

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Close all browsers and tabs to ensure that the ActiveX control is not reside in memory   Open a fresh IE9 browser  Select Tools- Manage Add-ons   Change the drop down to  All add-ons  since the default only shows ones that are loaded   Now select the add-on you wish to remove   There will be a link displayed on the lower left that says  More information    Click it   This opens a further dialog that allows you to safely un-install the ActiveX control   If you follow the direction of manually running the  regsvr32  to remove the OCX it is not sufficient  ActiveX controls are wrapped up as signed CAB files and they extract to multiple DLLs and OCXs potentially   You wish to use IE to safely and correctly unregister every COM DLL and OCX   There you have it   The problem is that in IE 9 it is somewhat hidden since you have to click the  More information  whereas IE8 you could do it from the same UI

User · Answer

Start -  Control Panel -  Programs and Features  search for the Add-ons you would like to uninstall and click on particular one to uninstall   Yes  I tried uninstalling from IE  Tools -  Manage Add-ons and then click  More Information  link at the bottom  however the  Remove  button was disabled  This didn t work   Above mentioned solution for uninstalling from  Programs and Features  works

User · Answer

Use a virtual machine   Start fresh as often as you want  and stop doing these hacks that may or may not simulate a clean machine   Seriously  use VMWare or VirtualPC

User · Answer

Use a virtual machine   Start fresh as often as you want  and stop doing these hacks that may or may not simulate a clean machine   Seriously  use VMWare or VirtualPC

User · Answer

Internet options-- General Tab-- browsing History section     click settings and then click  View objects   A list of your active X add on s are displayed in the windows folder that they are stored in  You can manipulate these files as you would any others  Simply delete the ones you want to uninstall and restart IE

User · Answer

Actually the  Remote  option in Configuration Menu for Plug-In works by me  Win7 64  ie8 with all updates   however    You need administrator rights The plug-in should be disabled before pressing the remove button You need restart internet-explorer to see the changes    Also the previous comment about browsing-history- view objects was also useful if plug-in was installed right now   Regards

User · Answer

Tools   Manage Add-ons  right click  Name  header and enable the  In Folder  section  go to the directory for the plugin you re interested in  Right click the plugin file  and click  remove

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