How Can I Run Legacy Versions Of Internet Explorer On Windows 8

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The Question

SuperUser reader Jsalonen is in a bind, he writes:

What’s the best solution for a legacy setup like his?

Is it possible to run these legacy versions of IE on Windows 8?

Several SuperUser contributors all pitched some great ideas for helping Jsalonen. HackToHell writes:

Contributor Megaperlz suggests a stand-alone tool:

First off, setup Hyper V as per the instructions given by Kronos here.

You can then download the respective vhd images from Microsoft and create a virtual machine for each version of IE.

Open the Hyper V manager and create a new virtual machine.

Enter the name, memory details etc, but then for the hard disk image, select use existing hard disk.

Click finish and you will have your VM that has the legacy versions of IE.

HowToGeek has a large tutorial of getting the individual VM’s running here.

For more solutions hit up the full SuperUser comment thread here. Have a trick of your own to share? Sound off in the comments below.

If you need a stand-alone testing tool you can try BrowseEmAll. It runs IE 7, 8, 9 and 10 alongside.