How do I switch back to IE6 for testing purposes

[Frinavale]

Hi there,

I'm developing a website that has a print feature. I was working on developing a CSS that would properly format the web-pages to be more printer friendly and never quite finished the task before I updated windows and ended up installing IE7.

IE7 has corrected the problems I was trying to fix with my CSS and now I can't complete what I was working on because I can't seem to figure out how to change back to IE6.

Does anyone know how to switch back to IE6 without having to uninstall IE7?

Thanks

-F

[bartonc]

Hi there,

I'm developing a website that has a print feature. I was working on developing a CSS that would properly format the web-pages to be more printer friendly and never quite finished the task before I updated windows and ended up installing IE7.

IE7 has corrected the problems I was trying to fix with my CSS and now I can't complete what I was working on because I can't seem to figure out how to change back to IE6.

Does anyone know how to switch back to IE6 without having to uninstall IE7?

Thanks

-F

I read that if you uninstall IE7 with Add/Remove Programs, IE6 will come back as your brouser, but have not tried this.

[drhowarddrfine]

You don't need to uninstall IE7 and I don't recommend it. You can get a standalone version of IE6 for testing from several places by just googling for it. One place to get it is 456Berea Street.

[ronverdonk]

Look at this article titled "How do I... Uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 7?"by TechRepublic.

Ronald

[Frinavale]

You don't need to uninstall IE7 and I don't recommend it. You can get a standalone version of IE6 for testing from several places by just googling for it. One place to get it is 456Berea Street.

I didn't want to uninstall it for numerous reasons. I just couldn't seem to find a standalone version.

Thank you so much

-F

[Frinavale]

Apparently the standalone versions are hacks and most likely do not have all the functionality that the real versions have.

The best suggestion I've found so far is to use a Virtual Machine and set up IE6 on that while leaving IE7 alone on the real machine.

I haven't actually tried this. I'm fortunate enough to have 2 computers. I've un-installed IE7 on one machine so that I can use IE6.

The only problem I'm having with this setup is that I have to publish my website in order to be able to test it from the other computer. This is a time consuming process that I wish I didn't have to do.

-F

[drhowarddrfine]

Apparently the standalone versions are hacks and most likely do not have all the functionality that the real versions have.

I am not aware of that at all. I use mine for testing of my pages and nothing else so if it's true I would be the last to know but that's the first I've heard that said.

[AricC]

Apparently the standalone versions are hacks and most likely do not have all the functionality that the real versions have.

I also have not heard anything like this. You can install multiple versions of IE. This link actually has an installer that will do the work for you :)

HTH,
Aric

[Motoma]

Hi there,

I'm developing a website that has a print feature. I was working on developing a CSS that would properly format the web-pages to be more printer friendly and never quite finished the task before I updated windows and ended up installing IE7.

IE7 has corrected the problems I was trying to fix with my CSS and now I can't complete what I was working on because I can't seem to figure out how to change back to IE6.

Does anyone know how to switch back to IE6 without having to uninstall IE7?

Thanks

-F

I used this solution:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/11/30/ie6-and-ie7-running-on-a-single-machine.aspx

It all works fine, however the virtual machine takes up a rather large chunk of memory.