Before your employees or customers install Internet Explorer 5, you'll want to identify and address any issues related to upgrading.
Internet Explorer 5 Setup installs over an installed version of Internet Explorer 3.0 and imports proxy settings, Favorites, and cookies from the previous version. However, you must reinstall any plug-ins that you want to keep.
Internet Explorer 5 Setup installs over an installed version of Internet Explorer 4.0 and imports proxy settings, Favorites, and cookies from the previous version. However, you must reinstall any plug-ins that you want to keep.
If you want your users to have the Active Deskop from Internet Explorer 4.0, you can include the desktop in your Internet Explorer 5 browser packages for your Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 users. For example, if some of your users are using the Active Desktop from Internet Explorer 4.0, and some users are upgrading from Internet Explorer 3, you may want all users to have the Active Desktop. The new desktop is a part of Windows 98.
When you install Internet Explorer 5, you can import proxy settings, Favorites, and cookies from Netscape. However, you must reinstall any plug-ins that you want to keep. When Internet Explorer 5 is installed, you can choose whether to make Internet Explorer your default browser.