How to view multiple versions of IE on my computer?

Question

Where I work, we only have IE 7. I want to also view IE 6 on my computer.

How can I view both on the same computer?

I want more than just a screenshot. I want to view both versions of IE when I write code.

Answer 1

Microsoft provides access to virtual machine images that can be used with the free Virtual PC program for each version of IE that testers will use. You can find them here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en

Answer 2

You want Multiple IE ... from IE3 to 6 in one package!

Answer 3

Try IETester . It supports IE5.5, IE6, IE7 and IE8 beta in one program.

Answer 4

I used Multiple IE, but found some limitations - it only handles the display functionality of the browser window, but does not show you print preview and has some other limitations.

Therefore, I suggest Virtual PC . It is free and you can find Win XP with IE6 image for free.

Answer 5

While MultipleIEs works in most situations, it is best to run each version that needs to be supported in the virtual machine, since it needs to be installed. Thus, you avoid some errors in standalone implementations, such as problems with cookies, some forms become inappropriate, conditional comments are crappy shooting, something like.

Answer 6

Here is a list of different versions of IE, you can download and unzip: http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone

I have a separate version of IE6 in my Windows installation that I just double click on the IE6 executable and it runs smoothly.