How to run IE7 (Beta 1) alongside IE6

34 Comments

• It works. Hoorah!
  

• Great! Any chance this will work with older versions of IE too?
  

• Scott -
  
  Yes, it works all the way back to IE3. Read the last line of the post for download locations of older IE versions in standalone mode.
  
  - Jon
  

• Why doesn't it mess with the registry? Is that to do with .local, or is that because different IE versions used differnet keys anyway? Got a reference url fo rthat?
  

• It doesn't work for me..... I get
  
  
  
  "The procedure entry point SHRegGetValueW could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll"
  
  
  
  Any ideas??
  

• OK.... so I needed to let the Sp2 install complete - and do the reboot before it would work.... patience is a virtue I guess!!
  

• Chad -
  
  The .local tells IE to run in local mode, so it doesn't need to be installed. It still reads from and writes to the registry when it runs, which you can verify with Regmon (www.sysinternals.com). However, it the registry access doesn't seem to interfere with other installed versions of IE from my testing. I think the destructive registry edits take place during the installation, and local mode allows you to run without having run the install.
  

• It works great, thanks!
  

• OK...it doesn't work for me...I used Winzip to unzip to a temp folder. Files were created along with an Update Folder. I ran update from the folder and the install fails. What am I doing wrong?
  

• d3-
  
  You're not following the directions. No WinZip, no install. Four easy steps, should take 10 minutes. Let me know if you follow the directions and it doesn't work.
  

• Ahhh...got it. Silly me, I was trying to install again...duh. Works great...excellent tip.
  
  cheers - d3
  
  

• I followed the 4 steps on a WinXP SP1 box and I get the "SHRegGetValueW" error. Should this work on this config?
  

• I'm on SP2 and don't get that problem. Slimboyfat's comment seems to indicate SP2 is required, though.
  
  
  
  You're not on SP2 but you're wanting to play with IE7?
  

• Is there a reason the favs wont show?
  

• i get the error entrypoint not found. Something with internetgetsecurityurlw not found in dll file wininet.dll
  

• I had that entrypoint not found error also. Remove the "hide extensions for known file types" check box from the tools-folder options-view menu and try again. The file is renaming itself as iexplore.exe.local.txt - and hence not working.
  

• i cant access the favorites menu, possibly because its running local? is there a workaround?
  

• It worked but when i right click on any link on the webpage i do not get the open in new tab entry (ctrl+t gives me a new tab though), also the settings option are for ie6 (no phishing settings,etc)
  

• Is there anything you can do if you've already installed the beta, but now need to use a previous version if IE?
  

• Nevermind. I went back to a previous restore point. Now I can try out your directions above.
  

• very sweet m'man !
  
  
  
  grazi
  

• What's with this WinRAR business? 7zip is the new cool-kids tool.
  
  
  
  (ps type iexpress at a command prompt to see how IE7 is compressed into an EXE)
  

• ok it works now, but i can't display my favorites, somebody knows how to display?????
  

• For people who can't run IExplorer 7 in Microsoft Windows XP (Home Edition SP2), try the following operations:
  
  1-Follow operations in the top of this page.
  
  2-Create a Internet Explorer shortcut (for ex.:on your desktop)... And in the "Compatibility" tab, choose "Run this program in Compatibity mode for:" and select Windows 2000. Click on OK.
  
  You probably can access to Iexplore7 now! But still the WININET error.
  

• BTW, this method also seems to bypass the language check, so you can use this on Windows XP installs other than the English version.
  

• This is great, but I'm sort of disappointed that the search box is rendered useless now. :/
  

• Not working here. IE7 opens for about half a second and then closes ??
  

• hi
  
  can anyone help me about this.
  
  I have installed IE 7.i have some problem with my computer settings.i can't open services and other stuff.it is giving me MMC requires IE 5.5 or newer versions.
  
  now i need to reinstall IE 6 can anybody help on this.
  
  thanks in advance.
  
  
  
  prasad
  

• i want to test this but i dont have the 3g's to buy the program to ba tester
  

• Cheers to Jon Galloway!!!
  
  
  
  Works like a charm. Didn't have to touch IE6 already installed.
  
  
  
  Thanks.
  
  
  
  RBell
  
  

• Everyone should remember that system requirements are for at least WinXP SP2.
  

• Works like a treat! thanks for the tip
  

• trying to update to ie6sp1 or later but having difficulties as every time i try to download from a link or micrsoft a message displays saying server could not be found. am very frustrated and confused as a number of other links describe numerous ways to install/download but none seem to work on the confuser of mine. any ideas what is wrong?
  

• Any updates on whether we can run Beta 3 alongside IE6?
  
  Cheers
  
  PL