Until recently, having multiple versions of IE for Windows installed on a single computer has been problematic because of the tight integration of IE with the Windows operating system. Conventional wisdom was that you couldn't have more than one version of IE installed in a given copy of Windows.
As a result, many Web builders resorted to using several separate Windows computers for testing, each with a different version of IE installed. The only other option was to create multiple virtual machines on one hardware box using emulation software such as VMware.
And now a solution
In response to the Eolas lawsuit, Microsoft is circulating a developer's preview of a version of IE without the features that are covered by the Eolas patent. One of the most interesting things about the test version of IE is that it can coexist with a standard version of IE. (Read about the changes in IE as a result of the Eolas suit.)
Joe Maddalone, of Insert Title Web Designs, is credited with realizing which file (iexplore.exe.local) makes it possible to run more than one copy of IE and sharing that discovery with the rest of us. Another enterprising Web builder, Ryan Parman of Skyzyx.com, has packaged the iexplore.exe.local file with the core browser files for each of several versions of IE. These stand-alone versions of IE are available from his download page.
To install one of the stand-alone IE versions, you simply extract the files from the ZIP archive and place them in a separate directory on your Windows test system. (Almost any directory except the main IE directory will do.) To launch the stand-alone old browser, open the directory and double-click the iexplore.exe file.
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