New update to running multiple Internet Explorers
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Way back in 2005 a guy by the name of Joe Maddalone figured out how to run multiple versions of Internet Explorer simultaneously in Windows by using a select set of files. Since the release of Windows Vista, there have been some issues with running more than one Internet Explorer, but tonight I found a new solution.
The Internet Explorer Collection
This isn’t the first time someone has compiled all versions of Internet Explorer into an installer. In 2007 Tredosoft packaged those IE browser sets into an executable and made some updates so that conditional comments were rendered and some other necessary developer items.
However, since Windows Vista has been released there has been issue trying to get IE 6 to run correctly, but last I had checked no one had found a solution.
Tonight I came across ‘The Internet Explorer Collection‘. I was wary at first to download it based on the overall look of the website. But I did some poking around online and I couldn’t find anything that screamed scam, so I decided to try it out on one of our less important computers at home.
I tested out the later release version of Internet Explorer 6 and from a cursory evaluation, it appeared as though it rendered everything accurately (issues abounding 
).
Have other developers used the IE Collection?
I know that there are other ways to run older versions of Internet Explorer for testing, most developers I know use virtual machines. But using a local executable seems much easier to me. This post is mostly to see what everyone else thinks. Who has used the Internet Explorer Collection? Has it worked correctly for you? Have you seen any shortfalls? Let me know.
