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Internet Explorer 11 is now available for Windows 7
Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 is now available for download.
This is the final release and comes with a lot of improvements as far as performance, security, privacy, and reliability goes. For more detailed information visit MSDN’s IEBlog.
Download Links (english version)
If you are interested in other languages you can visit Microsoft’s download section for Internet Explorer 11.
Posted in Microsoft, Software Releases.
Bypass the Internet Explorer 10 requirement for Visual Studio 2013
Since the release of Visual Studio 2013 there have been some complains about one of the requirements in particular. Some versions of Visual Studio 2013 require Internet Explorer 10 to be installed or else the installation refuses to continue. For users that for some reasons they can’t, or simply don’t want to install Internet Explorer 10 on their system this might pose a big problem as they won’t be able to upgrade to the latest version of Visual Studio.
Luckily a user managed to find a workaround that can be used till Microsoft manages to find a way to remove this requirement. The workaround basically tricks the installer into thinking that you already have Internet Explorer 10 installed on your system, therefore allowing the installer to resume the installation.
Simply paste the following lines in a file and save it as .bat. Then simply run it. After that the registry entries should be modified and you can continue the installation of Visual Studio 2013 as you normally would, this time without the Internet Explorer 10 requirement error.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | @ECHO OFF :IE10HACK REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v Version /t REG_SZ /d "9.10.9200.16384" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion /t REG_SZ /d "10.0.9200.16384" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v Version /t REG_SZ /d "9.10.9200.16384" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion /t REG_SZ /d "10.0.9200.16384" /f GOTO EXIT :REVERTIE REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v Version /t REG_SZ /d "8.0.7601.17514" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v Version /t REG_SZ /d "8.0.7601.17514" /f GOTO EXIT :EXIT |
Note that since this alters the registry entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE you might need administration rights. So make sure that the .bat file you created is run as admin.
If you are having issues creating the .bat file I’ve attached it below for you.
Posted in Software Tips.
Tagged Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2013
Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview for Windows 7 or higher
Microsoft has released a Developer Preview version for Internet Explorer 11. Internet Explorer 11 was only available as part of Windows 8.1 Preview till now but this release makes it available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as well.
You can find the download links for the English version below. If you are looking for different languages visit http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-11-worldwide-languages where you can find the download links for numerous other languages.
Download links removed. Read below.
Note: Internet Explorer 11 final version is now available. See
Internet Explorer 11 is now available for Windows 7 instead.
Posted in Microsoft, Software Releases.
Tagged developer preview, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft
