renaming iexplore.exe - bug?

[omerfarukozer]

Hi,
I need two IEs with different executable names (don't ask why).
Therefore I have copied iexplore.exe to my desktop and renamed to
ie.exe. It just works fine for pages in the Internet. However, when I
try to open local pages (i.e. http://localhost/somepage.asp etc.) IE
shows strange behaviour. Generally it just does not load the page.
Sometimes the page is loaded but as soon as loading is finished IE
closes itself. Renaming back to iexplore.exe solves all problems.

Anyone has any idea?

 

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[Gary Smith]

Why do you think you need two executables with different names? The
solution to your actual problem is probably something quite different.
How about telling us what the problem is?

 

[omerfarukozer]

It is a long story and nothing to do with IE itself, but I am sure that
I need two IE executables with different names.

 

[omerfarukozer]

I have discovered that renamed IE works in"Internet Explorer
Compatibility Mode" and the version in the about dialogbox is
"Side-By-Side Mode". I'll look at how to change this behaviour

 

[Gary Smith]

It is a long story and nothing to do with IE itself, but I am sure that
I need two IE executables with different names.

I seriously doubt that two versions of IE with different names will ever
work the way you want them to. If you're trying to run them both at the
same time, I'm surprised that they'll run at all.

Actually, there is another copy of IE with a different name already on
your machine. It's called Windows Explorer, and it works because it makes
use of tricks available to operating system components. I don't think
that's going to help you much.