Test Internet Explorer 7 without installing it

Surely you can see the value of this! Try out IE 7 before actually installing it to your system.

I’ve heard lots about Internet Explorer 7 but never really bothered to check it out. So what if Microsoft makes another browser right? Plus, installing the IE7 beta would override my old IE6, which I still needed for browser testing.

But recently I had to test a site I’ve been developing in IE7, just to make sure that the site design doesn’t get messed up when IE7 eventually gets released. Plus, yesterday’s In-Tech article got me a little more curious. Luckily I found a way to run both IE7 and IE6 at the same time.

This article on the Google OS blog shows you how to do that. It explains a hack of how to copy the necessary IE7 beta files to the hard drive and create some files to patch IE7 so that it can run together with IE6. The results works as advertised and I’m able to open both versions of the browser at the same time…. Source: itchyhands.com