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We have an old box we want to use as a test machine but we only need it to run IE 5 and some other browsers - no need for multiple version install - a bit much like hard work. Anyone know how to remove the curent version of IE and install an older version?
I should add that it is running on Win98.
Ta, Limbo
as opposed to a standalone one
In all honesty I rarely use conditional comments - i'm just looking to render the CSS, so a stand alone version would be fine. How is this done? Can is be run along side IE 5.5? That would be a bonus. Ta.
There are some old threads on WebmasterWorld about running multiple IEs, and it was a bit fiddly. Evolt (on the URL above) packaged up the necessary files for each version of IE and made them available for download.
So just download the standalone IE5 package, unzip it, and click the IE icon. There's no installer. If it's worked, you'll see 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 5' under About Internet Explorer, even though the version number won't be correct.
You should be able to run multiple versions, although I'd check to see if that applied to Windows 98. I run IE5.0, 5.5 and 6 quite happily on XP, but I do still keep a real copy of 5.0 on Win98 around just to be sure.
-Corey
I installed IE 5 Sucessfully, 6 was having none of it, but I have that on this machine, so all is rosey. Cheers for your help
Added - thanks for the links Corey, I will one day get round to building an XP testing box, one day...
