[thelist] IE 5 and 6 on same box?

Abdullah Shaikh abdullah at uxdg.com
Fri Jan 17 09:59:01 CST 2003


whoops -- a typo, I meant Explorer is a part of the desktop, not IIS.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Abdullah Shaikh" <abdullah at uxdg.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:48 AM
Subject: Fw: [thelist] IE 5 and 6 on same box?


> The reason why:
>
> IIS is an integral part of the Windows "Desktop".  For example, If you
have
> the C: Drive open and you type a URL in the Location Window, you browse a
> site.  Alternatively, if you are browsing the net and type Desktop or C:
> into the URL window, you are browsing files locally again.
>
> Wether you want to call it Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer, its the
> same app.
>
> You used to be able to do upgrade from IE4 to IE5 and launch separate
> instances of the two, but I don't think this is possible anymore because
> there is tighter integration of Explorer into the OS.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin W" <null at tsn.cc>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [thelist] IE 5 and 6 on same box?
>
>
> > > Can I download 5 onto the same box as 6 and just put it under a
> different
> > > directory?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > --
> > Kevin W :-)
> >
>





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