aneuryzma Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hi,I would like to know if it is possible to install IE8 without replacing IE6 and IE7 that I've at the moment installed on my windows.If I automatically install IE8, the old versions are going to be replaced ?thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 You cannot have more than one version of IE on the same Windows system; which one would open when you select iexplore.exe?What do you want to achieve with two IE versions...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 To clarify, XP & most earlier versions of Windows have Internet Explorer as a a non-optional part of the operating system, so even if you have installed IE7 or IE8 Windows will revert back to the built-in version of IE (usually IE6) if they are uninstalled. So in your case, if you uninstall IE8 your computer should revert back to IE7; then if you uninstall that, it will revert back to IE6. Uninstalling IE7 & IE8 can be a pain, especially if you installed them before installing XP Service Pack 3 so I suggest you read THIS FROM MICROSOFT first.As the previous post says, you can only have one of them available at any one time. But you can have another completely different browser (like Firefox or Opera) & even have it open alongside IE.Have you had problems with IE7 or IE8? If so please post about them as I myself have had problems, especially in conjunction with Windows Live Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneuryzma Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 hi,the reason to have different versions is that I want to test websites. At the moment I've installed IE6 and IE7 and I can use both of them at the same time. I've probably found on internet some kind of package to do it.I would like to add IE8 without losing the previous ones.thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 I do some website/browser compatibility testing for my son's business and we both have the same opinion: There is little or no point in putting a lot of effort into producing a new website to be usable on obsolete browsers (which IE6 & 7 are).There is no cost involved in upgrading to the latest version of most, if not all, browsers and it should be reasonable to expect that prospective users would do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 There is no cost involved in upgrading to the latest version of most, if not all, browsers ...Except for the poor folks who are still on Windows 2000 or older.The easiest way of having multiple version of IE is to run it on a Virtual PC installation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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