Can I run both ie6 and ie7 on the same box? Will ie7 run on W2K?

[walterbyrd]

I am working on a site that runs fine under firefox 1.5 and 2.x, and
ie6; but is broken when using ie7. I use windows 2K. It would be
helpful if I run ie6 and ie7 on the same box.

I am afraid to try to "upgrade" to ie7, because if I install ie7, I
may never be able to get ie6 back without rebuilding.

 

[oops!!]

This may help:

Using IE6 and IE7 together
http://www.tech-recipes.com/internet_explorer_ie7_tips1188.html

Zee

 

[C A Upsdell]

This may help:

Using IE6 and IE7 together
http://www.tech-recipes.com/internet_explorer_ie7_tips1188.html

There are problems with that technique, which may limit its usefulness.
For a fuller discussion of the possibilities, see:

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_testing.htm#d02_install_ie

 

[C A Upsdell]

I am working on a site that runs fine under firefox 1.5 and 2.x, and
ie6; but is broken when using ie7. I use windows 2K. It would be
helpful if I run ie6 and ie7 on the same box.

I am afraid to try to "upgrade" to ie7, because if I install ie7, I
may never be able to get ie6 back without rebuilding.

IE7 cannot be installed on Win 2000. The minimum requirement is XP SP2.

 

[Jeff]

IE7 cannot be installed on Win 2000. The minimum requirement is XP
SP2.

But, in XP SP2, can ie7 be run while keeping ie6 untouched and working as
before?

Jeff

 

[C A Upsdell]

But, in XP SP2, can ie7 be run while keeping ie6 untouched and working as
before?

As I indicated in my other reply, yes, if you multiboot or use Virtual PC.

 

[pu]

Why dont you save the partition to an image, try ie7, and if you don't like
it, restore the image. Something like Partition Magic or Semantic Ghost
should do the trick.

Leigh
(e-mail address removed)

 

[walterbyrd]

This may help:

Using IE6 and IE7 togetherhttp://www.tech-recipes.com/internet_explorer_ie7_tips1188.html

I got as far as downloading the exe file. Step 2 is "unrar the exe
file" and step 3 is "Delete the folder named update." WTF? If I run
the exe file, it does not just decompress, it installs. I am not
confident that this procedure will work. And I can not risk
overwriting IE6.

 

[oops!!]

The safe and correct way is install IE7 and then install the IE6 standalone.

But if you are unfamiliar with "unrar" I feel you should leave it alone and
look at different options.

Cheers,

Zee

 

[walterbyrd]

The safe and correct way is install IE7 and then install the IE6 standalone.

But if you are unfamiliar with "unrar" I feel you should leave it alone and
look at different options.

Am I wrong in my assumption that unrar is used on compressed files
such as .rar or .zip? It is my understanding that unrar is not used
on .exe files - is that not correct?

When IE7 was in beta, it was fairly easy to run IE7 and IE6, side by
side. But, that has all changed now. The way it works now is: you
download an .exe file, and when you run that file it installs over
IE6. There are no .rar or .zip files to download anymore - not as far
as I can tell.

 

[oops!!]

Yes, there are .EXE files that can be "unrared" with software like WinRAR:

http://www.rarlab.com/

Again, installing IE7 as a standalone is very tricky and not worth the
gamble (I didn't).

On the other hand, upgrading to IE7 and installing the IE6 standalone is
easy and runs smoothly (I did).

I agree that it is not 100%, but is good enough for most purposes.

Concluding, if you are not at ease with this procedure, please do not use it
or, if you do, do it at your own risk.

Zee