What works

Browsing secure sites (https)

Sun Java VM

Flash 10

most java script

file downloads

page printing setup, preview and zoom

What does not

ierunonce

unable to pick search providers

fishing filter

pages requiring ActiveX

Workarounds

What was not tested

Pop up blocker

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Installed using WineTricks VERSION=20091125 (IE7). Downgraded to wine version to 1.1.31 to install jre-6u17-windows-i586.exe. This is due to a regression in wine 1.1.32 - 1.1.34. After install upgrade back to 1.1.34. Added real XP Dll's to system32: msctf.dll,msimtf.dll,oelpro32.dll,uxtheme.dll,xmllite.dll Used winetricks to install: comctl32,comctl32,corefonts,fontfix, gdiplus,msls31,msxml3-4 & 6,riched20 & 30,tahoma,allfonts Used winecfg to set DLL Overrides: "browseui"="native,builtin" "comctl32"="builtin" "crypt32"="native,builtin" "dispex"="native,builtin" "gdiplus"="native" "hhctrl.ocx"="native,builtin" "hlink"="native,builtin" "iernonce"="native,builtin" "iexplore.exe"="native,builtin" "itircl"="native,builtin" "itss"="native,builtin" "jscript"="native,builtin" "mlang"="native,builtin" "mshtml"="native,builtin" "mshtml3"="native,builtin" "msimtf"="native,builtin" "msxml3"="native,builtin" "olepro32"="native,builtin" "riched20"="native,builtin" "riched32"="native,builtin" "scrobj"="native,builtin" "shdoclc"="native,builtin" "shdocvw"="native,builtin" "shlwapi"="native,builtin" "updspapi"="builtin" "url"="native,builtin" "urlmon"="native,builtin" "usp10"="native,builtin" "uxtheme"="native,builtin" "wininet"="builtin" "wintrust"="native,builtin" "xmllite"="native,builtin" This made IE7 much more functional.

/help
/passive
/quiet
/update-no
/no-default
/nobackup
/ieak-full:
/ieak-brand

If you want to run Internet Explorer 6 with the rendering engine from version 7, follow the instructions, or use beta options of ies4windows script.

Note: ies4linux is NOT supported by Wine.  Report bugs using their script to their maintainers.

To install, use

  winetricks ie7

The install seems flaky, so if it hangs or crashes, try it again.

Codeweaver AppDB Entry

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.