Application Details:
| Version: | 8.0 for NT 5.1 (32-bit) |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://www.microsoft.com/ie |
| Votes: | 2 |
| Latest Rating: | Bronze |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.7.15 |
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What works
Successfully browses HTTP pages using default settings. Able to add Favorites to side bar menu.
What does not
Repeatedly claims search provider was corrupted. Unable to access HTTPS pages, even with crypt32.dll set to (native,builtin) and even after manually installing crypt32.dll. Favorites menu in menu bar is blank. Tools->About Internet Explorer reports a Cipher Strength of 0-bit.
What was not tested
Anything not listed above.
Additional Comments
Installed via: winetricks ie8 crypt32
| Distribution | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | PC-BSD 10.0 (64-Bit) | May 19 2014 | 1.7.15 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user | |
| Show | Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Sep 28 2014 | 1.6.2 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | an anonymous user | |
| Show | Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" | Sep 19 2013 | 1.6 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user | |
| Show | Fedora 17 x86_64 | Oct 31 2012 | 1.5.13 | No | Not installable | Garbage | Graben | |
| Show | Fedora 17 | Dec 28 2012 | 1.2.3 | Yes | Yes | Silver | an anonymous user |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 9727 | mshtml's ShowHTMLDialog too stubby; OPML and Intuit QuickBooks Free / Akamai Download Manager fail | NEW | View | |
| 23134 | iexplore does not correctly detect proxy details | NEW | View | |
| 25648 | ie8 does not navigate to web pages or obey home page setting | NEW | View | |
| 29249 | iexplore fails to load ftp.adobe.com | NEW | View | |
| 29590 | Search results do not update on webpage (IE8) | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 30107 | IE8 buttons bar doesn't have background under several buttons | NEW | View | |
| 34021 | IE8 crashes badly when navigating to www.microsoft.com | NEW | View | |
| 34025 | IE8 help exits silently | NEW | View | |
| 34026 | IE8 help pages are blank | NEW | View | |
| 37421 | Internet Explorer 8: crashes on startup | UNCONFIRMED | View |
1. Copy and paste the following into a terminal:
cat > /tmp/IE8.reg <<EOF
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"TabProcGrowth"=dword:00000000
EOF
regedit /tmp/IE8.reg
2. Run winetricks -q urlmon mshtml
This may work, it may not. Try winetricks.
