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Post by anixx on Jan 28, 2020 4:36:57 GMT -8
One can run IE4 on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 and make it use the modern browsing engine. 1. Download IE4 from here: web.archive.org/web/20150726203056/http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browsers/ie/win32/standalone/ie401_nt.zip2. Rename or delete the files dispex.dll, jscript.dll, mshtml.dll, urlmon.dll 3. Make it to run under Win XP SP3 compat mode. 4. On Windows 10 one possibly would need to enable mshtml (I am not sure). Voila, you have a modern browser looking like IE4. An executable from IE6 will also work (it has a better icon, there is no other difference). But shdocvw.dll should stay from IE4. The only glitch so far is that the address bar does not work (for input).
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Post by The Jackal on Jan 29, 2020 4:46:18 GMT -8
This is great, but the address bar not showing is a bit of a downside. I'm going to try Quero (third party address bar)on it and see if it works on it.
EDIT: I can't replicate this on my machine. I think one of my Explorer add-ons is conflicting.
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Post by anixx on Jan 29, 2020 5:10:36 GMT -8
This is great, but the address bar not showing is a bit of a downside. I'm going to try Quero (third party address bar)on it and see if it works on it. EDIT: I can't replicate this on my machine. I think one of my Explorer add-ons is conflicting. The address bar is showing but when you enter the address, a backslash "\" is attached to the end, and so a message appears that the address is incorrect. If you are using Win10, try to enable mshtml: stackoverflow.com/a/38871078/777193
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NovaDelta
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Post by NovaDelta on Jan 29, 2020 13:19:40 GMT -8
With windows 7 it just crashed
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Post by The Jackal on Jan 30, 2020 3:04:07 GMT -8
This is great, but the address bar not showing is a bit of a downside. I'm going to try Quero (third party address bar)on it and see if it works on it. EDIT: I can't replicate this on my machine. I think one of my Explorer add-ons is conflicting. The address bar is showing but when you enter the address, a backslash "\" is attached to the end, and so a message appears that the address is incorrect. If you are using Win10, try to enable mshtml: stackoverflow.com/a/38871078/777193Thanks, I can confirm the same thing now. Restoring the files back seems to have no effect now - IE4 is stuck in this state now, but that's not a problem.
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Post by veselcraft on Feb 15, 2020 10:20:37 GMT -8
Eh... very glitchy... and there is no menu bar. maybe it's issue of language pack
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Post by travis on Oct 30, 2020 16:53:50 GMT -8
With windows 7 it just crashed IE 4 on 7 is just flat out broken, the toolbar doesn't even load. To get IE 4 to stop crashing on load, you have to use the CPL and change the home site to DuckDuckGo. (Google Doesn't work on IE4, just crashes.) Well, I guess I have to keep dreaming for a Modern browser that looks exactly like IE5.
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 31, 2020 5:27:40 GMT -8
With windows 7 it just crashed IE 4 on 7 is just flat out broken, the toolbar doesn't even load. To get IE 4 to stop crashing on load, you have to use the CPL and change the home site to DuckDuckGo. (Google Doesn't work on IE4, just crashes.) Well, I guess I have to keep dreaming for a Modern browser that looks exactly like IE5. I already use DuckDuckGo anyways, so yay Anyways, there are UserChrome scripts for Firefox that make it look like IE, here's the link: github.com/matthewmx86/Redmond-Firefox
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Post by travis on Nov 1, 2020 11:21:10 GMT -8
IE 4 on 7 is just flat out broken, the toolbar doesn't even load. To get IE 4 to stop crashing on load, you have to use the CPL and change the home site to DuckDuckGo. (Google Doesn't work on IE4, just crashes.) Well, I guess I have to keep dreaming for a Modern browser that looks exactly like IE5. I already use DuckDuckGo anyways, so yay Anyways, there are UserChrome scripts for Firefox that make it look like IE, here's the link: github.com/matthewmx86/Redmond-FirefoxI know about that, it just doesn't look right. I'm talking about the toolbar that some has Labels on the right, and some don't.
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Post by ihatemetro on Nov 1, 2020 19:06:36 GMT -8
I know about that, it just doesn't look right. I'm talking about the toolbar that some has Labels on the right, and some don't. I see what you mean. I also use this skin, but it's the IE 8 Aero theme, and all icons have no labels. I think if you have decent photoshop/GIMP skills you can either add text in or remove it on the pictures used for the icon(s) that you want. Pictures in [USERCHROME DIRECTORY]\image.
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Post by travis on Nov 1, 2020 19:14:14 GMT -8
I know about that, it just doesn't look right. I'm talking about the toolbar that some has Labels on the right, and some don't. I see what you mean. I also use this skin, but it's the IE 8 Aero theme, and all icons have no labels. I think if you have decent photoshop/GIMP skills you can either add text in or remove it on the pictures used for the icon(s) that you want. Pictures in [USERCHROME DIRECTORY]\image. Yes, that can be an option, but I can't make a new toolbar for the address bar only.
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Post by travis on Nov 1, 2020 19:35:30 GMT -8
On top of that, if I figure out how to make the labels to the right with small icons in Pale Moon, it wouldn't be dumb to make the buttons in IE5 with a extension?
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Post by ihatemetro on Nov 1, 2020 19:47:01 GMT -8
I see what you mean. I also use this skin, but it's the IE 8 Aero theme, and all icons have no labels. I think if you have decent photoshop/GIMP skills you can either add text in or remove it on the pictures used for the icon(s) that you want. Pictures in [USERCHROME DIRECTORY]\image. Yes, that can be an option, but I can't make a new toolbar for the address bar only. You can just remove EVERYTHING from the address bar toolbar using the customize function in Firefox. It really isn't that hard to do.
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Post by ihatemetro on Nov 1, 2020 19:52:00 GMT -8
On top of that, if I figure out how to make the labels to the right with small icons in Pale Moon, it wouldn't be dumb to make the buttons in IE5 with a extension? I don't think you can modify Firefox that well using extensions, you may need some userchrome or usercontent modifications. But it's worth a try. Edit: Plus Palemoon is based on extremely old Firefox code, so it's probably not going to work, similar to trying to install a Windows 7 login screen mod on Windows 10.
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Post by ihatemetro on Nov 1, 2020 19:55:14 GMT -8
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Post by travis on Nov 2, 2020 23:04:16 GMT -8
On top of that, if I figure out how to make the labels to the right with small icons in Pale Moon, it wouldn't be dumb to make the buttons in IE5 with a extension? Well, with a bit of dreaming I was able to make this. Still needs work, the only button that don't work is favorites.
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