IE7 Beta 3 Installation: Problem and Solution

 Download iertutil.dll and Normaliz.dll.

If you download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 and have IE7 Beta 1 or 2, you will be asked to uninstall 1 or 2 before installing 3. Easy as 1, 2, 3, right?

Wrong. You cannot uninstall the older IE7. You will notice that it remains installed and think nothing of it, because it’s Microsoft.

Unfortunately, when you restart, explorer will not.

You will be notified of two missing files, Normaliz.dll and iertutil.dll.

Don’t freak out. Here’s what you do:

1. Open Task Manager (ctrl+shift+del).
2. Find IE7 Beta 3 and run it.
3. It will begin, but Windows will not validate. Leave the install open.
4. Return to Task Manager and browse to the root of your C: drive.
5. Click inside the strange folder with a long string of letters and numbers.
6. Select the option to see All Files.
7. Find iertutil.dll and copy it.
8. Go to C:\\WINDOWS\system32 and paste.
9. Go back.
10. Find Normaliz.dll and copy it.
11. Return to ..\system32 and paste again.
12. Return to the IE7 Beta 3 setup and tell it to continue. This time, Windows will validate and IE will install.

To get your  desktop back, return to Task Manager and run explorer.