Re: How do I download IE6?

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From: Sandi - Microsoft MVP (sandi_hardmeier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:11:52 +0800

If you want to download a version of Internet Explorer for a different
operating system, if you use Windows 2000, or if you want to download an
earlier version of Internet Explorer than is installed on the machine in
question, follow the advice at this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q257249

An excellent step by step explanation of the procedure described in Q257249
(complete with pictures) can be found here:

http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html

Other articles about 'download only' are here:

Description of the Internet Explorer 5 "Download Only" Feature
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q221/9/88.asp

Changes in Internet Explorer 5.5 Download Only Behavior
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q259/6/76.asp 

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_______________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999 (IE/OE)
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org
<SpamNotWanted@BadISP.gov> wrote in message 
news:ntb5j0117j4i92dl2rucpqf35pl5ebj09j@4ax.com...
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>>Downloading Internet Explorer For A Different Operating System
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=174680
>
> Well, actually:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;257249
>
> However, it obviously requires a degree in Microsoftspeak to decipher.
> This is what it says (question afterwards):
>
> ****begin quote
>
> To perform a download-only installation from the Internet:
> On the following Internet Explorer download page, locate and then
> click to download the version of Internet Explorer you want:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
>
> Follow the instructions on the Web page to download Internet Explorer.
> Click Save to Disk (or Save), and then save the IExSetup.exe file in a
> folder on your computer.
> Click Start, and then click Run.
> Click Browse, browse to the folder in which you saved the Ie5setup.exe
> file or Ie6setup.exe file, click to highlight the file, and then click
> Open.
> In the Open box, click at the end of the command, add a space, and
> then type the following command for Internet Explorer 5 or 6.
>
> NOTE: Double quotation marks around the variable #e are required,
> because #e designates the source path, including executable, of the
> Ie5setup.exe or Ie6setup.exe as appropriate.
> /c:"ieXwzd.exe /d /s:""#E"
>
> For example, if you saved the IE setup file (Ie5setup.exe or
> Ie6setup.exe) file in the C:\Windows Update Setup Files folder, the
> command looks like:
> "C:\Windows Update Setup Files\ie5setup.exe" /c:"ie5wzd.exe /d
> /s:""#E"
>
> The following is an explanation of the command line switches used:
>
>
> /d - Downloads Internet Explorer for the current platform only.
> However, if you would like to download all platforms, you can use the
> /d:1 switch value to get all platforms. There are only two values for
> this switch, /d and /d:1.
> /s:""<#e>"" - Designates the source path of Ie5setup.exe. The ""<#e>""
> value refers to the full path and name of the .exe file. Note that two
> pairs of double quotation marks must surround the path.
> Press ENTER. Choose the appropriate items for the operating system.
>
> **********end quote
>
> In the following to avoid confusion I'm using square brackets as a
> replacment for the double quote--i.e a double quote added by myself
> --and where appropriate the $ sign represents a space.
>
> Now I'm totally confused. If I put the downloaded ie6setup.exe in
> [c:\download] should the instruction I type (i.e. exactly as typed
> here) into the open box be:
>
> [c:\download\ie6setup.exe$/c:"ie6wzd.exe$/d:1$/s:""#e"]
>
> or:
>
> [c:\download\ie6setup.exe$/c:"ie6wzd.exe$/d:1$/s:""<#e>"]
>
> or:
>
> [c:\download\ie6setup.exe$/c:"ie6wzd.exe$/d:1$/s:""c:\download\ie6setup.exe"]
>
> or:
>
> [c:\download\ie6setup.exe$/c:"ie6wzd.exe$/d:1$/s:""<c:\download\ie6setup.exe>"]
>
> and is the spacing correct?
>
> Where will the dowloaded files for [all platforms] be put or is that
> determined by myself in the normal [save] manner?
>
> TIA
>
>

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