Multiple IE browsers for testing

[Guest]

Is it possible to run multiple versions of IE on the same computer? say for
example 5.5, 6 and 7b? I need to test the differences with between the
browsers for various websites. If I try renaming the IE folder it says it
may cause problems so I have been hesitant about that. Does any boby have
any other ideas?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesign/multiplebrowsers.shtml

Tom
| Is it possible to run multiple versions of IE on the same computer? say
for
| example 5.5, 6 and 7b? I need to test the differences with between the
| browsers for various websites. If I try renaming the IE folder it says it
| may cause problems so I have been hesitant about that. Does any boby have
| any other ideas?

 

[PA Bear]

Officially? No, not in the same partition.

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I had alread looked at this, which isn't much help. Right now I am
checking out...
http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/28/434132.aspx

 

[Jon Kennedy]

You cannot install more than one version of IE on each bootable partition of
a hard drive. This is due to file sharing between the OS and IE. What you
will have to do is to format your hard drive into multiple partitions,
installing a version of Windows and a version of IE that the OS supports on
each partition.

These programs can help you with this matter:

Partition Magic - http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
BootIT NG - http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
Partition Commander - http://www.v-com.com/

However, IE 4 and 5 can exist together in some form:

How to Install and Use Compatibility Mode in Internet Explorer 5 (Q197311)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197311/en-us

Good information here on dual-booting:
http://www.kellys-korner.com/par_exp.htm

You might also want to check out VMWare: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/