Within Windows 3.1, 3.11, or Windows for Workgroups 3.11, open the program manager group called Microsoft Internet Explorer. 

Click the Internet Explorer icon to select it. Next, select Properties from the File menu. 

Note the directory that appears after Command Line: Click OK or Cancel.
 
Open File Manager, select the directory that contains Internet Explorer, then select Delete from the File menu. 

In the Confirm Delete Directory dialog, select Yes to All.
 
In the File menu, select Run. 
Type "sysedit" and click OK. You will see a series of windows appear. The front window is labeled autoexec.bat.
 
In this window, delete the two lines beginning with "set ieppp" and "set pctcp." Also, delete the part of the PATH statement that refers to "c:\iexplore." 

Go to the File menu and select Save. 
Select the window entitled C:\Windows\system.ini. Type "edit system.ini" and then press Enter. 

Locate and delete the following lines in the System.ini file: 
device=c:\iexplore\iedial.386 
device=c:\iexplore\vxdpctcp.386 
device=c:\iexplore\iewcomm.386 

Go to the File menu and select Save. 
Go to the File menu and select Exit. 

Exit Windows and restart your computer.