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Internet Explorer in standalone mode?

Now, it can be useful to run several versions of the same program at the same time (especially if it's a web browser.) I've accomplished this under linux with internet explorer, but didn't realize th…

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Avery J. Parker

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Now, it can be useful to run several versions of the same program at the same time (especially if it's a web browser.) I've accomplished this under linux with internet explorer, but didn't realize there was a way to do so on Windows. Sunbelt blog found a good guide to installing Internet Explorer 7 beta 1 on a system without tampering with their (working) IE 6 install.


Nice trick is here. It would be nice if there were an installation option for something like that.... (even a switch the installer setup.exe /standalone).... I notice they also have links to sites that can help with standalone versions of previous Internet Explorer releases.