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IE7/IE6 dual install

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I need to keep IE6 or rather I want to, but a client requires me to test some JS in IE7...

is there anyway I can install IE7 concurrently alongside IE6 - without having to upgrade?

I need them both for testing purposes...
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I've tried one of those "install both" hacks and it didn't work for me. There's apparently an unpredictable failure condition / rate.

If you want to be safe, install on a second/virtual machine.
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Microsoft now ofters Windows Virtual PC + IE6 Readiness Kit (a windows image that only allows use of IE6 I think) free of charge. It will allow you to use both IE6 and IE7 at the same time (free of charge) and run sessions, cookies etc in two seperate environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

You will have to dig around on microsoft's websites to find the exact area where they discuss this. You will know when you come across it because it is a big section for web developers all about how to use Virtual PC to run IE6 alongside your IE7. I wish I could find it, but for some reason I'm not able to dig it up. Perhaps someone else can help.
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awesome resource! I'm definitely going to install that once I find it!
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I once read a website that detailed having IE5, IE6, and IE7 side-by-side on a Windows machine. I do not have time to search for it but it is out there.
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This is what you are looking for.

Stand alone broswers. No need to install them, just unzip to a directory and run.

Works perfect for me

http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone
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Post by alex.barylski »

seodevhead wrote:Microsoft now ofters Windows Virtual PC + IE6 Readiness Kit (a windows image that only allows use of IE6 I think) free of charge. It will allow you to use both IE6 and IE7 at the same time (free of charge) and run sessions, cookies etc in two seperate environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

You will have to dig around on microsoft's websites to find the exact area where they discuss this. You will know when you come across it because it is a big section for web developers all about how to use Virtual PC to run IE6 alongside your IE7. I wish I could find it, but for some reason I'm not able to dig it up. Perhaps someone else can help.
Solid...thanks buddy :)
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I've had both installed, the ones from evolt and http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE. I hade some crashes with the ones from Evolt. The tredosoft work perfect.
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It doesn't work properly...

The ONLY way to properly run more than one version of IE on the same system is to use virtualization...

I can get ie7 and ie6 to run, but the browser identifies itself as the latest version installed (ie7) so conditional comments can't be tested, and since that's how I code, I'm forced to either suffer with virtual pc on this less than stellar desktop, or (as i'm doing) build a dedicated ie6 testing machine...
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Pffff, my pc has it hard enough handling one installation of windows, let alone more! :wink:
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matthijs wrote:Pffff, my pc has it hard enough handling one installation of windows, let alone more! :wink:
Thats what I'm afraid of :)
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nickvd wrote:It doesn't work properly...

The ONLY way to properly run more than one version of IE on the same system is to use virtualization...

I can get ie7 and ie6 to run, but the browser identifies itself as the latest version installed (ie7) so conditional comments can't be tested, and since that's how I code, I'm forced to either suffer with virtual pc on this less than stellar desktop, or (as i'm doing) build a dedicated ie6 testing machine...
Must be you then because i have been using all the standalone browsers regularly at work for over a year now without a single crash
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