Internet Explorer 6
Provides a flexible and reliable browsing experience with enhanced Web
privacy features for all Windows users.
This version includes a full
installation of the Web browser and the most recent version of Outlook
Express, the e-mail client that is included with Internet Explorer.
Application Details:
| Version: | 6.0 |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://www.microsoft.com/ie |
| Votes: | 6 |
| Latest Rating: | Garbage |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 6.23 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Nothing, does not install..
What does not
Everything, does not install
Workarounds
What was not tested
N/A did not install
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
After starting the install and agreeing to the licensing agreement, windows generates error message and exits. Error message: Windows Update: Internet Explorer and Internet Tools. Setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running setup again. Closing all open applications and running setup produces same result. Garbage.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Linux Mint 20.2 "Uma" | Dec 10 2021 | 6.23 | No | Not installable | No | Garbage | Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | |
| Show | Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jul 13 2013 | 1.6-rc5 | No | Not installable | Garbage | Ken Sharp | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Aug 21 2012 | 1.5.11 | No | Not installable | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
| Current | Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jun 04 2012 | 1.5.5 | No | Not installable | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | May 22 2010 | 1.2-rc1 | Yes | Yes | Silver | Michael Lancaster |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 1136 | No dialogArguments in modelessDialog in Internet Explorer | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 1293 | Internet Explorer 6.1SP1 cannot download files. | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 1941 | IE6: No scroll bars for pull-down pop-up menus too big for the screen | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2066 | Internet explorer installation through network failed | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 2110 | IE starts, loads page then stops responding | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2265 | Wine IE6SP1 install message: low disk space or corrupted cabinet file | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2268 | fixme:ntdll:FILE_GetNtStatus Converting errno 38 to STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 2308 | Internet Explorer 6 Installation issue | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2316 | IE locks up with 20040615 often, worked fine with 20040505 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2331 | IE 6.1 unstable starting with 20040615 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2345 | List View does not notify NM_CLICK event | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2372 | Unable to install Internet Explorer SP1. | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2528 | IE6 Installation crashs, then Debugger crashs,,, | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2558 | Wine Hangs up on starting Ie6 and crashes with a so-valid exit code | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 2607 | Internet Explorer doesn't display some pages | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2711 | IE6 does not start because of unimplemented function : shdocvw.dll.IEWinMain | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2750 | ie and java | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 2858 | IE6 SP1 fails to install | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 3041 | Problem in Internet Explorer when opening other windows | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 3120 | Cannot load IE6 on FC4 | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 3190 | wine not hadling NFS correctly | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 3223 | Cannot start JAVA under MSIE 6 | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 3317 | Internet Explorer 6 shows greek characters as '?' | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 3371 | IE6sp1 on 20050830 Open in new and open source window opens blank | CLOSED | WORKSFORME | View |
| 3388 | Internet Explorer 6 refuses to install under CVS. | CLOSED | WORKSFORME | View |
| 3409 | Problem with builtin riched32 in Internet Explorer | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 3484 | IE6 font rendering broken on AMD64 wine >= 20050823 04:38:50 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 3535 | error in installation of iexplore | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 3674 | Number of bugs with Internet Explorer installer. | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 3753 | IE 5.5 and IE 6 crash when trying Yahoo! music | CLOSED | WORKSFORME | View |
| 3861 | ie6setup.exe crashed the first time | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 4019 | MSIE6: Cannot change some settings; cannot open JS popups (error 8003001e) | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 4380 | latest wine update broke ie6 install // etc. | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 4540 | internet explorer 6 crashs | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 4708 | Regression (urlmon): IE6 setup crashes | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 4750 | IE6 installer error - Regression | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 4751 | wine crashes on installing Internet Explorer | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 4798 | Error IE 6 SP1 instalation and others softwares | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 4975 | REGRESSION: IE6 doesn't install with wine 0.9.11 | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 5087 | internet explorer 6 fails to install correctly | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 5223 | Internet Explorer doesnt work (shlwapi and shdocvw error) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 5374 | REGRESSION: IE6 Setup faliures. | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 5409 | ie6setup fails with "The download location information is damaged" | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 5463 | ie6 installs now, but doesn't work... | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 5482 | Internet Explorer 6 Web Setup unable to download "required components" | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 5742 | Favorites menu in IE doesn't accept Enter key | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 5989 | Cannot run uninstall for IE6 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 6308 | IE CSS filters are broken | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 6384 | frequent but unpredicable crashes in IE at specific homepage | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 6404 | Tooltips shown as windows "blocking" cursor in IE | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 6471 | Keyboard navigation in Internet Explorer menu incorrect | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 6487 | Wine crashed when ie6 connected to exchange web server | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 6707 | IE 6 Installation | CLOSED | WORKSFORME | View |
| 6746 | IE6 SP1 installation on 0.9.25 fails for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 6792 | Internet Explorer 6 install | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 6890 | IE6 Regression testing | CLOSED | WORKSFORME | View |
| 6920 | Mandriva 2007 IE6 is not running under wine 0.27 | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 8974 | IE6 Address bar is broken | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 8975 | IE6 Dropdown listbox doesn't respond to keyboard input | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 8976 | PNG images not displayed in IE6 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 9991 | Can not enable more then two input languages | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 10198 | IE’s writing-mode:tb-rl (CJK-style vertical text layout) renders fullwidth characters rotated when it should not | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 10239 | Internet Explorer bar is broken after the rewrite of the rebar layout code | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 12702 | Internet Explorer 6 can't install saing, that newer version is installed | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 14531 | IE Print View not working | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 19696 | IE6: problem with typing in language other than english | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 20339 | IE6. Proxy settings do not work | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 22284 | Osmos: mouse pointer disappears in the menus | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 22525 | Memory leak in Internet Explorer | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 22603 | Can't print page in IE6 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 23134 | iexplore does not correctly detect proxy details | NEW | View | |
| 25432 | Internet Explorer 6, 5.5, and 5.0 fail to install without native inseng | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 27428 | Internet Explorer 6 'internet options' crashes on unimplemented function inetcpl.cpl.AddInternetPropertySheetsEx (undocumented) | NEW | View | |
| 27429 | Drop-down list search auto-select not working in IE6 | NEW | View | |
| 29060 | IE8 crashes on opening https://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 29898 | IE6's back/forward buttons show the history dropdown menu - real dropdown arrows missing | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 29986 | IE6 and IE4 have greenish toolbar icons | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 47276 | NotImplementedException: The method or operation is not implemented. Source: System.Windows.Forms at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IHTMLDocument2.GetMimeType() | UNCONFIRMED | View |
The best way to install IE 6 is to use winetricks!
wget http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_ie6 sh winetricks -q ie6
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_ie6 wine ~/.wine_ie6/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/IEXPLORE.EXE
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.
If you are using IEs4linux, please report all bugs to ie4linux's creators.
