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hi,

How to Downgrade IE7 to IE6. I got IE 7 by default from my xp CD, So, it is not
showing in add or remove even after checking the "show updates". I need IE6 to run one of my web application.

Plz let me know is their any procedure or to change any registry values to down grade or uninstall the IE7 in my system.

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Clarification and a safe path forward for the original poster (): the thread mixes several different goals (IE6, IE7, IE8) which caused contradictory advice. Whether a "downgrade" is possible on the same machine depends on how the newer IE was put on: if it was applied later as an update it can often be removed, but if it was integrated into the XP install image (slipstreamed) it becomes part of the OS image and is not removable through the normal uninstall UI — a point raised earlier by .

The least risky, most practical solution is to run the legacy web app inside an isolated environment. Create a virtual machine (VirtualBox or VMware Player), install a clean Windows XP image that has the required IE version, take a snapshot, and test there. This preserves the host, makes rollback instant, and avoids messing with system files or Windows Update. Remote browser-testing services or dedicated compatibility tools are alternatives when a VM is not convenient, but they may not perfectly reproduce a true IE runtime.

If an in-place revert is absolutely required, proceed only after a full disk image backup and confirming access to original installation media for a clean reinstall. Manual "hacks" to swap or re-register core IE files often cause instability — a caution that echoes 's experience in this thread. For the case mentioned by (a machine that must use IE7), installing the specific required browser or running a short-lived VM with that browser is usually far easier and safer than attempting a downgrade of the host OS.

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Member Avatar for caperjack

in add and remove ,look in the left pain,click on windows components ,in there u can uninstall and reinstall is there

Member Avatar for pjhutch

The uninstall files for IE can be found in C:\Windows\ie8updates\kb982381-ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe.

You can also revert to IE6, by browsing to C:\Windows\inf folder and locate IE.inf, right click it and select Install. You will need some files from your service pack (C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386) and your Windows XP CD.

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Update:
I tried the C:\Windows\inf\ie.inf method and it just made it very unstable, so I do not recommend that approach.

so why did you recommend it in the first place

Member Avatar for jingda

Why not just download Ie6 straight from the internet?

Edited by jingda because: n/a
Member Avatar for Netcode

Do u have a good reason for downgrading?

Member Avatar for caperjack

Do u have a good reason for downgrading?

read the second line in the first post

Member Avatar for johnmiller48

It's on the wifes computer and her new work at home job requires only to use
IE7. How can this be done?

Member Avatar for jingda

It's on the wifes computer and her new work at home job requires only to use
IE7. How can this be done?

She can just download IE7 from the internet.

Member Avatar for caperjack

7 days OP has yet to return returned !

Member Avatar for jingda

Maybe the OP found some help or install IE6 already and did not bother to come back and mark this thread as solved. This problem always happen to unsolved thread and always there will be someone to revive old thread.

Member Avatar for atop420

just remove it & reinstall

Member Avatar for optimusprimal

Eh do you mean upgrade to ie8? It's quite simply vawncast easy. For ie7 to ie6 in the manner in whiche you're asking you'll need to go outside the use of your cd. It's best to get a fresh version online.

Member Avatar for nuwan4u

If you want to downgrade IE7 to IE8, you can do it from the Control Panel > Programs and Features > View Installed Updates, because this is an update.

Then navigate to Internet Explorer 8 in the List and Uninstall it properly.

Good Luck

Member Avatar for jbennet

READ THE OP'S POST PEOPLE!

If you *slipstream* Internet Explorer it *CANT* be downgraded through add-remove programs.

Member Avatar for jingda

READ THE OP'S POST PEOPLE!

If you *slipstream* Internet Explorer it *CANT* be downgraded through add-remove programs.

Me?
The thread title is a bit misleading, though. OP wants to get IE6 but thread title says it want IE8.

Edit
Unless you never read the first post, it tends to be confusing:)

Edited by jingda because: n/a
Member Avatar for caperjack

thread going on 3 weeks old and OP has never returned ,OP wants ie6 not ie8 ,and we all know that ie6 comes with xp ,not ie7 ,reading the first post over and over its still weird


so why all the post to a question that is miss leading at best! and a topic that says ,how to downgrade from 7 to 8 ,thinking that would be a upgrade

Member Avatar for jbennet

we all know that ie6 comes with xp

If we are going to be pedantic, XP actually comes with IE 5.....

Member Avatar for caperjack

If we are going to be pedantic, XP actually comes with IE 5.....

im sorry Webster, xp sp2/3

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