Running 2 versions of IE6 on the same OS

[dazdaz]

I would like to run 2 versions of Internet Explorer 6 under Windows XP. One version will use certain settings(such as proxy etc), and the other version of Internet Explorer will not.

Can IE handle User profiles? Or is there a wrapper to do this? How can it be achieved?

Thanks

[BlobFisk]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, dazdaz!

It's not simple but it is possible. You can have a dual boot machine running two versions of IE, one on each boot.

You can use a product like VMWare which will allow you multiple virtual OS's.

There is some reigsitry trickery that you can do that I saw posted once, but I advise people to avoid changing their registry unless they really know what they are doing!

HTH

[Reflect]

Hi,

Wouldn't this apply?

[webmasterworld.com...]

Take care,

Brian

[dazdaz]

Well I ran the standalone IE 6 from here :
[skyzyx.com...]

And it still reads my global settings, are these stored in the registry or in an editable file?

Thanks

[dazdaz]

Ok I spent all afternoon messing around with this and have it working quite well!

You just create links to both of these wrappers which change the settings in the registry and call Internet Explorer 6.

ie_add_proxy.cmd
ie_remove_proxy.cmd

This .cmd wrapper could be extended quite a lot if anyone is interested, it would be a very useful tool!

What is especially cool with changing the Proxy Settings in Internet Explorer is that the
registry is only read once upon starting Internet Explorer, so that multiple instances use
same settings. So when you close down the application and all instances of IE, then the
new registry changes(proxy config) will take place.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; regedit /s ie_add_proxy.reg
;
; Enable web proxy usage for Internet Explorer 6
; Configure hosts to bypass the proxy
; Tell Internet Explorer which proxy to use
;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
"ProxyOverride"="127.0.0.1; 192.168.0.0; *.dell.com; *.3com.com; *.networksolutions.com; *.johnlewisgiftlist.com"
"ProxyServer"="115.61.92.212:8080"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; regedit /s ie_remove_proxy.reg
;
; Disable web proxy usage for Internet Explorer 6
; Remove hosts to bypass the proxy
;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000000
"ProxyOverride"=""
"ProxyServer"=""

REM ie_add_proxy.cmd
regedit /s ie_add_proxy.reg
"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

REM ie_remove_proxy.cmd
regedit /s ie_remove_proxy.reg
"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

The IP addresses are fictional.