Questa non la sapevo... Run I.E.7 beta and I.E.6 side-by-side
Farà molto comodo ai miei amici webmaster:
Fret no more! IE has a secret standalone mode which lets you run multiple versions side by side (thanks toJoe Maddalonefor figuring this out).
It's pretty simple:
- Download the IE7 Beta 1 Install from MSDN
- Open the install file withWinRAR(yep, it's an EXE, but it's a self extracting EXE) and extract them to a folder. Alternatively, you can just run the EXE, make a copy of the files which are extracted in the first step, and cancel the install. I was too chicken to do this on my work computer.
- Look in the folder you extracted to for the file SHLWAPI.DLL. Delete this file.
- Create a new text file in the folder, then rename it to IEXPLORE.exe.local.
That's it. The.local file in the folder tells the IExplore.exe instance to run in local mode, which means it won't mess with your IE6 settings, registry, etc. It sounds complicated, but it takes less than 10 minutes and it goes just great with your Friday morning coffee. Of course, you can help your friends at work (who also have MDSN subscriptions, of course) by zipping the folder and sharing it with them so they don't have to go through this crazy mumbo jumbo.
Incidentally, there are archives of old IE versions converted to standalone mode over atbrowsers.evolt.organd atskyzyx.com. C'mon,spend a day with IE3for old time's sake!
Source: Run I.E.7 beta and I.E.6 side-by-side