can't seem to uninstall the internet explorer?

Internet Explorer is located on your "C" drive under program files

Edit the Registry and Install Internet Explorer 6

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

When you try to reinstall the same version of Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error message:

Setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system.
Setup cannot continue.
To avoid this error message and reinstall the same version of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, follow these steps:
While you are logged on as an administrator, click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
Locate the appropriate registry subkey, right-click the IsInstalled (REG_DWORD) value, and then click Modify.

To reinstall only the Internet Explorer 6 browser component on Windows XP, use the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}

To reinstall only Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP, use the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}

Change the value data from 1 to 0, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor, and then install Internet Explorer 6.
To reinstall Windows XP updates, visit the following Microsoft Windows Update Web site:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

By default, Internet Explorer 6 is preinstalled in all versions of Windows XP and cannot be removed. To provide computer manufacturers more flexibility in configuring desktop versions of Windows XP, Microsoft has made it possible for OEMs, administrators, and users to remove user access to Internet Explorer while leaving the Internet Explorer code intact and fully functional to make sure the functionality of programs and operating system functions that rely on it. For example, Windows XP supports an "IEAccess=off" switch in the Unattend.txt file, and Internet Explorer has been added to the Add/Remove Windows Components section of the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel. This does not reinstall Internet Explorer.

... is there any simple just to find the exe file and add the shortcut?

Removing a Service Pack
You can remove Windows XP SP1 by using the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel or by running the uninstallation program from a command prompt. Notes about removing a service pack:
You cannot remove a service pack that you installed in Integrated mode.
If you used the -n parameter when you ran Servicepack.exe, you cannot remove the service pack.

If you install any programs or services that require or have fixes that are contained in the service pack, removal of the service pack may adversely affect those programs.

Do not remove the service pack if you have installed any programs since you installed the service pack.
Do not remove the service pack if it contains system updates such as file format, database format, and registry format changes that Setup cannot remove.

To uninstall a service pack by using the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel:

In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs, click ServicePack.exe, and then click Change/Remove.
Follow the instructions on the screen.

To uninstall a service pack from a command prompt:

Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
Change to the c:\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst folder.
Type Spuninst.exe, and then press ENTER.
Type exit, and then press ENTER.

For additional information about how to obtain Windows XP SP1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack[/b]