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Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 2.0 - Very limited HTML support. First public release.

Application Details:

Version: 2.0
License: Free to use
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/ie
Votes: Marked as obsolete
Latest Rating: Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.5.6

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Free Download IE 2.0 for win95

Test Results

Old test results
The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.
Selected Test Results

What works

Everything but the installer

What does not

Installer

Workarounds

What was not tested

Print got send to print queue but I cancelled it

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

Of course the web page don't load correctly, they weren't designed for IE 2.0 - this can hardly be called a fault! Win 95 version.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
CurrentUbuntu 11.04 "Natty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 13 20121.5.6No, but has workaround Yes GoldKen Sharp 
ShowArch LinuxMar 18 20121.4No, but has workaround Yes BronzeMatt Keefo 
ShowsiduxSep 25 20091.1.29No, but has workaround Yes Bronzephobie 
ShowUbuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jul 10 20091.1.25No Not installable GarbageKen Sharp 
ShowUbuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jul 10 20091.0.1No Not installable GarbageKen Sharp 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
3546 CLSID_InternetShortcut not available... CLOSED FIXED View
4957 comctl32: Icon-Resources missing CLOSED FIXED View
11465 url.dll: Filetype association Property Sheet not implemented (AddMIMEFileTypesPS) NEW View
19277 Internet Explorer 2.0 (Win95) fails to install NEW View

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO

Select the correct Windows mode

At time of writing, Wine's default Windows mode is XP.  Make sure you set the correct Windows mode in winecfg or the installer will simply refuse to continue.

 

Manual extraction

You can use an extraction tool, such as file-roller, to extract the .cab from the .exe, and then extract all the files from that into a folder.

Remember: Test results can not be accepted for this method as "installing is an important part of testing".

WARNING

This note was originally added to IE Version 5, but may be relevant to all versions.

Don't run IE on an RW mounted DOS partition !
Pretty problematic directory renaming/corruption can happen.
This seems to happen if Wine doesn't have access to certain Windows registry keys.
Renames e.g. "Program Files" to "$!$!$!$!.pfr" and does other horrible things.
BTW, it does not only happen with IE, as it seems to be a generic Windows Setup process of Explorer which is doing this, which can be launched under multiple circumstances.
To be safe, use a backup copy only, i.e. copy all relevant windows files over e.g. to an ext2 partition.

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