After the failures, I pulled an old HTML project off a backup drive—a personal website I coded in 2003. It had <font> tags. It had tables for layout. It had a hit counter using a CGI script.

: Offers a comprehensive collection of IE versions including 3.02, 4.01, 5.01, 5.51, and 6.0 in ISO format.

was once the gateway to the web for millions of users. While Microsoft officially retired IE on June 15, 2022, in favor of Microsoft Edge, there remains a niche but persistent need for its old versions. Enter Internet Explorer Portable —a standalone, legacy version of the browser that requires no formal installation, runs directly from a USB drive or folder, and exists outside the modern Windows ecosystem.