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 to Joe Maddalone for figuring this
out).
It's pretty simple:
- Download the IE7 Beta 1 Install from MSDN
- Open the install file with WinRAR (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 at browsers.evolt.org and at skyzyx.com. C'mon, spend a day with IE3 for old time's
sake!
Source: Run I.E.7 beta and I.E.6 side-by-side