Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Simple way to Run IE 6 and IE 7 on the same computer?

by ByronGman Oct 27, 2006 3:21AM PDT

Hi!

I recently updated IE to verison 7, which I really like versus the old IE 6.

There's a probelm, however, I have an interactive CD which won't run on IE 7, I was told by tech support I need IE 6 for it to work.

Is there a way I can run IE 7 and IE 6 on the same machine? I don't want to partition my drive or anything fancy, if it comes to that I'd rather downgrade IE to verision 6 (Is that possible?) My CD won't work with Firefox or another browser, so those kinds of work-arounds are out.

I have Windows Media Center Edition, SP2.

Discussion is locked

1 Posts

- Collapse + Expand Details

- Collapse -

Well...

by John.Wilkinson Oct 27, 2006 3:52AM PDT

There is technically a way of running IE6 and IE7 side-by-side, but it's not supported by Microsoft and involves editing your registry, downloading files from third-parties, losing some functionality, and potentially putting your computer's security at greater risk. Thus, it's not recommended.

Instead, try the User Agent String Utility, which makes IE7 report itself as being IE6...it is a temporary solution for some compatibility issues. Otherwise you can uninstall "Windows Internet Explorer 7" through Add/Remove Programs, which will automatically restore IE6.

Hope this helps,
John

Back to Browsers, E-mail, & Web Apps forum