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Running Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on the same machine

I am looking for a tool that can allow me to run Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 (and Internet Explorer 8 if possible) on my machine. I found something on the Internet like this and some other interesting solutions, but I need your opinion based on experience. Which is the best choice for running multiple Internet Explorer instances from the point of view of a web-developer?

Edit: thank you for the help, I installed some of the tools you suggested, and I decided to stick to those two: IETester and IE Collection - easy to install, intuitive UI and fast response time.

The others:

  • xenocode just crashed or I couldn't install it properly.
  • Multiple IE wanted me to install Microsoft .NET which took eternity and at the end, surprise...nothing worked. Then again it's probably my poor installing skills
  • IE Application Compatibility VPC Image seems to be the most professional approach to the issue but I just liked IETester and IE Collection better.
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Microsoft provides VPC virtual hard drives with various OS images and IE versions for just this purpose:

Note that the OS installs are time-bombed so you have to periodically download new images from MS.

Michael Burr
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  • You also need VPC itself, which is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&displaylang=en – Kevin Pauli Feb 10 '10 at 17:31
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If you're on Windows you can try the new SuperPreview tool: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/8/568F0D28-0434-4794-B7FC-FB293BCC98FB/SuperPreview_Trial_en.exe

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I've used this:

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

This will get IE 6 going and earlier versions if that's a priority. Then you can just install IE 8 because it allows you to use IE7 "compatibility mode" so you can effectively mimic IE7.

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You can install multiple versions of IE using this installer: http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm

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Use IETester. It's "for free" and follow its updates.

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I've had fairly good results using Xenocode for browser testing

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  • Can you supply a bit more information on how Xenocode works. Mozilla just crashes when I try to run it. ty. – chosta Mar 28 '09 at 17:39