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Install multiple IE (IE4, IE5, IE5.5, IE6) as a standalone for testing

Although, most UI Javascript frameworks say that their script “works” in all browsers, it’s quite the opposite. As a developer, you might wanna save your ass till a last moment surprise. And you would want to test your web application or website on all web browsers, atleast for a sanity test. Typically this involves IE 5.x and IE6.x and maybe IE7, Firefox. (Apparently, nobody cares for Safari, even though it’s my favourite browser). However if you already have the latest upgrade of IE 7 or IE 6 SP2 installed from your Corporate Infrastructure group, installing multiple IE versions on your PC is not as easy as it sounds to be, thanks to Windows DLL Hell. The good news is, there’s a way to hack around it, by exploiting a known workaround called DLL redirection. Honestly, I’m not interested in the details on how they’ve done it and I’m sure you’re not either.

So here is the magical one click installer Tool, which installs all the versions as a “standalone” browser(s). Or, if you want them from another source, which has them archived, here it is. Â

In fact it goes all the way to IE 3.0! (Don’t even try to test on IE3, my app crapped the shit outta it)