Getting Outlook Express 7 but not Internet Explorer 7

[Nathan Sokalski]

Because I need to test my websites with Internet Explorer 6.0, since it will
probably be around long enough that it is important to make sure sites work
on it, I have installed the utilities that prevent Automatic Updates from
automatically installing IE7 but still allow you to get all the other
automatic updates. However, because I do not develop tools/accessories for
Outlook Express, I do want to have the latest version of that. Is there any
way to unblock updates to Outlook Express without unblocking IE7? When I
have time, I will be looking at a free version of Microsoft Virtual PC to
see if it works well enough to allow me to have IE6 and IE7 installed, but I
don't care about having any version other than the latest for Outlook
Express. Is there a way to unblock OE and keep IE7 blocked? Thanks.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

There is no Outlook Express 7. If you want a newer version of Outlook
Express, you'll have to get Windows Vista and use its successor called
Windows Mail.

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[Guest]

Probably your best bet here is a virtual machine. They are a little slow but
are ideal for testing stuff.

 

[Galen]

In Patrick Schmid [MVP] had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

There is no Outlook Express 7. If you want a newer version of Outlook
Express, you'll have to get Windows Vista and use its successor called
Windows Mail.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]

Because there were multiple answers I'll add that this one's correct. You
have no reason to fear OE7. It doesn't and won't exist. *sigh* I don't like
it but that's how it goes.

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