How to Downgrade Ie7 to Ie6
Microsoft released the seventh version of its Internet Explorer Web browser, also known as IE7, as a follow up to the sixth installment of this software, IE6. Although IE7 offered features such as tabbed browsing and a Google search bar, many users preferred the layout and simple functionality of IE6 over its successor. Both users who installed IE7 on a computer already running IE6 and users without IE6 previously installed on their computers can downgrade IE7 to use IE6.
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Instructions
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Remove IE7
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Close any open programs running on your computer, including IE7.
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Click "Start" and select "Control Panel."
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Click on "Uninstall a program."
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Remove IE7 by highlighting it and then clicking "Uninstall" or "Remove." Click "OK" when prompted. Windows will now launch the IE7 Uninstall Wizard.
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Click "Next" to progress through each phase of the Uninstall Wizard and click "Finish" to complete the uninstall process.
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Restart your computer. If you installed IE7 on a computer on which you had already installed IE6, your Windows operating system will automatically revert to IE6 and display the IE6 launch icon on your desktop. If you had previously run IE7 on a computer that did not include a preloaded version of IE6, proceed to Section 2.
Install IE6
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Launch your Web browser.
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Go to the IE6 download page of Microsoft's website, select your operating system and language, and then click "Download."
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Click "Run" to begin the IE6 installation process. Click "Next" to progress through each phase of the install process and click "Finish" to complete the installation.
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Restart your computer to complete the installation of IE6.
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Tips & Warnings
Microsoft has since released an eighth version of Internet Explorer. You can find freeware downloads of many other browsers on the Internet. If you run a computer with Windows 98, you cannot use any version of Internet Explorer released after version six.
If you want to downgrade from IE7 to IE6 on a computer that did not already include IE6, you must first install another browser, such as Firefox or Opera so that you can connect to the Internet and download IE6 from Microsoft's website.
