Windows explorer on linux

Standards mode

Internet
Explorer 8’s main rendering mode, known as standards mode, has improved
support for various web standards, especially CSS, compared to Internet
Explorer 7 and earlier versions.

The web standards supported by
IE8 include the following:

However, IE8 does not support some
other W3C standards.

Wine
configuration

This is with a clean configuration
directory, with no other applications or games installed.

Linux
Distribution: Ubuntu 8.04
Windows version emulated: XP
Wine
version tested: 1.1.32

» browseui=»native, builtin»
«crypt32″=»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»
«msimtf»=»native,builtin»
«msxml3″=»native,builtin»
«riched20″=»native,builtin»
«riched32″=»native,builtin»
«secur32″=»native,
builtin»
«shdoclc»=»native, builtin»
«shdocvw»=»native, builtin»
«shlwapi»=»native,
builtin»
«url»=»native, builtin»
«urlmon»=»native, builtin»
«usp10″=»native,
builtin»
«uxtheme»=»native,builtin»
«wininet»=»builtin»
«wintrust»=»native,
builtin»
«xmllite»=»native, builtin»

You will also need to copy a number of DLL’s from a Windows XP machine
and place them in /system32 as winetricks doesn’t provide these DLL’s at
this time.

msctf.dll
msimtf.dll
uxtheme.dll

Winetricks

Now download winetricks if you don’t
already have it and install the following Windows redistributables.

corefonts
gdiplus
msls31
msxml3
riched20
riched32
tahoma

IE 8 install in Wine

Download Windows
Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP from Microsoft and save it to
your home directory.

Now open a terminal and run $ wine
IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe

The IE 8 install should now
start, I didnt select the Windows security updates in my install.

Conclusion and known problems

While
IE 8 will run and render web pages just fine there is still a large number of problems/bugs that
remain to be resolved before you will want to use the browser on Linux
on a daily basis.

Bookmarks and RSS feeds don’t currently work
and their is a number of problems related to comctl32.dll for example
the forward and backward buttons background isn’t painted and even worse
if you select Help the browser will lock up. I also had a number of
lock ups when trying to save Internet options.

Their are also
major problems with comdlg32.dll the address and search bars dont accept
input at this time, so what ive done is set google as my homepage and
then go from there.

You can easily do this in the user.reg file,
just change the start page to what you want your home page to be. Here
is what I have as a example :

[Software\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\Main]
«Start Page»=»http://www.google.com/ncr»

You
can however view web pages, and navigate around a site to see how well
it renders with IE 8 if your a web developer.

One way to help
support further development of Internet Explorer is to purchase CrossOver Office
and then vote for IE 8 as the app that you would most like to see
supported in a future release.

X File Explorer is a Microsoft Windows like file manager for Linux. Why I should use this application when many excellent file managers already exist? Because it’s small, easy-to-use, very fast, lightweight, and only requires the FOX library to be fully functional.

Internet Explorer was originally developed for Windows, meaning it cannot be installed directly on Linux systems. However, it is possible to use workarounds to run it on Linux. One method is through wine, a program that allows Windows applications to run on Linux. This provides a more direct solution than setting up a full Windows virtual machine.

ies4linux is a tool that simplifies the installation of Internet Explorer using wine. It automates the process, allowing different versions of Internet Explorer to run on Linux distributions like Ubuntu. This method is particularly useful for users who need to run or test web applications that require Internet Explorer.

This approach allows for a lightweight and efficient setup. Instead of running an entire Windows operating system in a virtual machine, ies4linux lets you use wine to quickly install and use specific versions of Internet Explorer. Follow the steps below to install Internet Explorer on your Linux system.

1. Open your terminal.

2. Install wine and cabextract.

   $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install --assume-yes wine cabextract

   This will ensure that the necessary dependencies are installed for running Internet Explorer on Linux.

3. Download the ies4linux installer script.

   $ wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
   --2019-08-27 16:08:05--  http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
   Resolving www.tatanka.com.br (www.tatanka.com.br)... 69.163.217.24
   Connecting to www.tatanka.com.br (www.tatanka.com.br)|69.163.217.24|:80... connected.
   HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
   Length: 332341 (325K) [application/gzip]
   Saving to: `ies4linux-latest.tar.gz'
   
   100%[======================================>] 332,341      277K/s   in 1.2s
   
   2019-08-27 16:08:07 (277 KB/s) - `ies4linux-latest.tar.gz' saved [332341/332341]

   The script automates the process of installing Internet Explorer using wine.

4. Extract the installer script.

   $ tar -xf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz

5. Run the installer script and follow the provided instructions.

   $ ies4linux-*/ies4linux

   This command will start the installation process. Follow the on-screen prompts to continue.

   Other options for installer:

   $ ies4linux-*/ies4linux --full-help
   Usage: ./ies4linux [OPTIONS]
   
   This script downloads and automatically installs multiple versions of
   Microsoft Internet Explorer on Wine.
   
   Without any option, IEs4Linux will:
   - install IE6
   - install Adobe Flash 9
   - create icons on Desktop and Menu
   - use folder: /home/user/.ies4linux
   
   You can configure other things:
   
   --install-ie55         Install IE5.5 in BASEDIR/ie55/
   --install-ie5          Install IE5 in BASEDIR/ie5/
   
   --install-corefonts    Install MS Core Fonts (corefonts.sf.net)
   
   --no-flash             Don't install Adobe Flash Player 9
   --no-ie6               Don't install IE 6
   
   --no-desktop-icon      Don't create an icon in Desktop
   --no-menu-icon         Don't insert icon on Menu
   
   --full-help            Display all possible options
   
   Configurations:
   
   --locale LOCALE        The locale for the installation [EN-US]
   --wget-flags FLAGS     Extra flags for wget [-c ]
   --list-locales         Display all possible locales and exit
   
   Directories:
   
   --basedir BASEDIR      Base location for installs [/home/user/.ies4linux]
   --bindir BINDIR        Location of your bin folder [/home/user/bin]
   --downloaddir DLDIR    Where downloads will go [BASEDIR/downloads]
   
   Other options:
   
   --no-gui               Don't show gui, perform an automatic installation
   --gui gtk|kommander    Force use of a specific user interface
   --no-color             Don't show colors
   --debug                Run in DEBUG mode
   --help / -h            Display help with simple options
   
   Beta options:
   
   --beta-install-ie7    Install Internet Explorer 7 (BETA INSTALLER!)
   
   IEs4Linux can do other useful (?!) things:
   
   --install-ie1         Install IE 1.0
   --install-ie15        Install IE 1.5
   --install-ie2         Install IE 2.0

6. Select the Internet Explorer versions you want to install.

   You will have the option to choose versions such as IE5, IE6, or even IE7.

7. Configure advanced options if needed.

8. Launch Internet Explorer from the appropriate script in your ~/bin folder.

   $ ~/bin/ie6

   Depending on the versions installed, you may have launch scripts for IE5 and IE7 as well.