Running to separate instances of IE

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This is not the same as opening a new Window in IE.

I'd like to run two copies of IE simultaneously. Each would be configured
differently.

There is an add-on I really like to use, but on the proprietary website I
access for business and spend a lot of time on each day, a report generator
causes IE to crash when the add-on is enabled. It is the only site I have
found that has problem.

I'd like to run a version of IE with the add-on disabled and simultaneously,
another version with it running.

Is this possible?
 
It is obviously possible to run multiple instances of IE but not configured
differently.

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You can have multiple IE windows open, but are you really running
multiple instances when you do that? It appears that no matter how many
windows are open, there's only one process running.
 
Hi Drobie

If you are using Win XP you can use the Add-In Manager to disable the
add-in.

1. Start IE with the add-In Enabled.
2. Start the second instance and disable the Add-In and continue to surf
without it enabled to your corporate site.

If you don't have XP you could try a similar thing with BHO Demon or Spybot
S&D to disable your Add-Ins. Add-Ins are loaded into IE when it is started
so if you start IE with the Add=In enabled, disable it and then start a new
IE it will start without loading the Add-In.

Regards.
 
Hello drobie,
I'd like to run two copies of IE simultaneously. Each would be configured
differently.
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The problem is that all IE processes share the same configuration from the
registry. You can try changing the registry settings in between starting new
IE processes but this is not a recommended procedure.

I suggest to notify the developer of the plug-in about the bug.

Viktor
http://www.quero.at/
 
Gary Smith said:
You can have multiple IE windows open, but are you really running
multiple instances when you do that? It appears that no matter how many
windows are open, there's only one process running.
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Use Task Manager to determine that. E.g. if in its Processes tab
you have more than one instance of iexplore.exe you have more than
one process running.

FWIW I can open a new process each time I open an IE window
from my Start menu.

The IE7 No Add-ons option may be what the OP is looking for.
E.g. one window could be started which wouldn't support Add-ons
while other IE windows would still allow them.

FWIW I originally guessed that that option would only work for all new processes
(e.g. only after all other IE windows had been closed and IE had been "restarted")
but that appears to be unnecessary. It would be interesting to know the implementation
though, because, for example, I think that the Manage Add-ons tool is still global;
otherwise using that tool would be another way to selectively disable incompatible
add-ons for each window and then whatever settings remained after closing the
last IE window would be the new default for it.


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Use Task Manager to determine that. E.g. if in its Processes tab
you have more than one instance of iexplore.exe you have more than
one process running.
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I did, and after opening three IE Windows there was only one iexplore.exe
processing running. This is on Win2K. Then I tried starting IE from the
Start menu, and from the desktop icon, and got multiple processes.
Starting it by using my customary shortcut always resuses an existing
process. I have no idea what the difference is.
 
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