How to run multiple versions of IE on same machine ?

A very common problem faced when developers want to see how they can test the application in multiple browser versions especially IE where in each version breaks some thing in application. It happens with me and so it might be happening with other users as well.

Options 1 : IE Tester

IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE9 preview, IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process

http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

Option2  : Multiple IE Installer

Install Multiple IE installer

Run IE6 , IE7 and IE8 side by on using Windows 7 RTM. Here is a nice blog post on how to do this

run IE6 , IE7 and IE8 .

Multiple IE installer is no longer supported and maintained. So take you chance.

Option 3

Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image

This is VPC Hard Disk Images for testing websites with different Internet Explorer versions on Windows XP and Windows Vista. You will download different virtual images on your machine and need to install them.

I have not tried it but will trust it as it is from Microsoft.

Option 4

Download and install Virtual Box.

This is free vitualization software for enterprise and home use.

Option 5

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