Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 6 side b

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Running Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on the same machine

Is there a way to have Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 6 side by side without virtualizing?

I used Multiple IEs which works fine with Internet Explorer 7, but since I installed Internet Explorer 8 beta 2, Internet Explorer 6 started behaving oddly (that is, more than usual).

Answer 1

There's also IE7 standalone

Answer 2

Virtualization is the easiest way to achieve this. It has a higher overhead, but since IE has so many hooks into the OS trying to install multiple versions of it is doomed to confusion and failure.

Answer 3

One more multiple, standalone IE option: IE Collection.

Answer 4

I use a utility called "Sandboxie" (free for personal use, $29 for commercial) to provide application sandboxing. One useful side-effect of this is that you can install applications (even OS-modifying ones such as IE) into the sandbox, and the parent OS is completely unaware (allowing you to have different versions of the parent OS's IE and the sandboxed IE - and both running simultaneously). The two scenarios I've used so far:

• Internet Explorer 7 in the parent OS, and uninstalled IE7 in the sandbox to make IE6 available
• Internet Explorer 6 in the parent os, and upgraded to IE8 in the sandbox

Caveats:

• If you need more than one additional version of IE available simultaneously, then you will need to purchase the full version, as you can only have one version of IE in a sandbox, and the free version supports only one active sandbox at a time
• Installing a version of IE into the sandbox can take a little trial and error - IE8 was particularly tricky. Some warnings that occur during installation (or uninstallation) are trivial, though.

Answer 5

Try this: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
LE: This isn't really fully compatible yet, there are a few minor issues, like it crashes on JavaScript pop-ups, but I've found it quite reliable during development. At the end of everything, I just tested the web application against a real IE6 to make sure everything's fine.

Answer 6

What I do is use VMware with other OS with IE6.

Not perfect, but it helps.