How To Install Ie9 with IE 8

[buggatti]

i tried ie9 it was good but i dont want to uninstall ie8.
Is there a way to keep them both

 

[Brink]

Hello Buggatti, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Sorry, but no. IE9 completely replaces IE8 during the installation/upgrade to IE9.

You can either only have IE9, or uninstall IE9 to go back to IE8.

 

[buggatti]

tell me one thing
i have 64 bit Windows 7
if i install ie9 32 bit will it effect my ie8 64 bit edition

 

[Darician]

It won't let you install Internet Explorer 9 32-bit only. It will then tell you that you need to install the 64-bit version, which will fully upgrade you to 9 beta. If you just want to try the engine of Internet Explorer 9 but still keep 8 around, then you can install Platform Preview 5 of IE 9, which is the engine that the beta uses. Just go to Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive and click on "or get Platform Preview 5" and follow the download link.

Alternatively, you could set up a Virtual Machine to test Internet Explorer 9.

 

[Bill2]

You can just hit F12 and click the "browser mode" button at the top in ie9 beta to select ie8 mode.

or you could try IETester.

My DebugBar | IETester / Browser Compatibility Check for Internet Explorer Versions from 5.5 to 9

or you could use Browser sandbox, though a plugin may be required.

Browser Sandbox - Run popular web browsers with no installs

 

[dbleclk]

My daughter needs to run IE8 on my Windows 7 Operating System here at home in order to run her software which allows her to "Work-from-home". Any idea how I can go back to IE8 now that I have already upgraded to IE9?

 

[nimd4]

Any idea how I can go back to IE8 now that I have already upgraded to IE9?

You can just hit F12 and click the "browser mode" button at the top in ie9 beta to select ie8 mode.

Screenshot attached.

 

[dbleclk]

To Nimb4:
Thank you so very much. I have gone somewhere I have never been befor! I will have her check to see if this solves her problem with her companies software.

 

[dbleclk]

Using F12 to switch between IE9 and IE8 does not work for my Daughter's Office Software.
Safari Web Browser works up until Safari reads her 'Certificate'.
There are 2 Certificates in Internet Explorer 9, 1) Root=mine; 2) Daughter's Certificate for her Software to enable her desktop from home.
Does Safari have 'Certificates'? How do I access them? How do I get Safari to access her Certificate?

 

[roncerr]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/112121-internet-explorer-9-uninstall.html