This article describes the Internet Explorer Repair tool included with Internet Explorer 5. The Internet Explorer Repair tool can be used to diagnose and possibly fix problems with Internet Explorer 5.
This tool has the following features:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Programs.
2. On the General tab look for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and Tools.
   Note: If this is not in the window then you probably installed I.E. 5 from a disk with another program. You can fix this problem by going to the Windows Update site. Or you can find a link to this by clicking on Start, Settings, Windows Update if you are using Windows 98. On this site click on Product Updates and Look for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and Tools
3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, click Add/Remove, click Repair the current installation of Internet Explorer, and then click OK.
4. Below are some other errors you might encounter.

Internet Explorer 5 cannot be repaired. Please reinstall Internet Explorer 5

If you then click Details, you may receive an explanation for the problem. For example, you may receive the following types of explanations:

• Internet Explorer 5 cannot be repaired due to the following errors:
  File name is missing.
• Internet Explorer 5 cannot be repaired due to the following errors:
  Version 4.72.3110.0 of file name exists but needs to be greater than
  5.0.808.1000.
  In order to fix a problem of this nature, it is recommended that Internet Explorer
  5 be re-installed.

Another way of running the Repair Tool:

In the event that the Repair tool does not work, or Internet Explorer 5 is not listed in the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel, it may be possible to start the Repair tool from the command line:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type the following command exactly as listed:

   rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"

   NOTE: This command line is case sensitive.

   Click OK.

NOTE: The result of the repair process is logged in the "Fix IE Log.txt" file in the
Windows folder.

The checks done by the Repair tool vary slightly depending upon the operating
system you are using.

For the file verification procedure, the version number listed is the minimum version
of the file required by Internet Explorer 5. If there is no version number associated with a
file, then the existence of the file is verified but not its version.