I know you selected a different partition to save to.
So the sure way is just to get on AOL's mailing list and start receiving
their free cd updates that include IExx.
Usually has Adobe xx reader also.



>From: Ian <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [PCSOFT] Internet Explorer downloads
>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:11:29 +1300
>
>Anyone know how to download and STASH the various versions of IE's and
>OE's,
>together with their multitudinous patches, fixes and updates?
>
>I'd like to archive a lot of this stuff, partly because it's handy for my
>clients, and partly because it won't be long before Microshaft pulls the
>plug on some of the older systems.
>
>I just updated my IE 5.01 to IE 5.5.  Then I tried to simply download IE 6
>and keep it for future referencen - heck, it tells you on the website that
>you can do this.
>
>So I opted for the 'Minimal Install Or Save To Disk' option, and told it to
>stash itself out in the woodshed, miles from C:\Program Files, where
>Internet Explorer lives, which is the default download location.
>
>So what happens?  I went out and left it to do its' thing and came home to
>find I now have IE6 installed. Grrr.
>
>I'm not intending to get into a debate about the merits of the various IE
>versions, I'd just like to know how to download all this stuff without it
>installing itself.  I could do the 'Repair Internet Explorer' thing, I
>guess, and go back to the 5.5 version, and I imagine I'll still have v.6 in
>the distant folder.
>
>But there's gotta be a better way!
>
>TIA
>
>
>Ian Porter
>Computer Guys
>Arrowtown
>New Zealand
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