Forcing 32bit internet explorer ComObject

Question

I'm working on a script that is supposed to install some software from a link within internet explorer and unfortunately the site requires 32bit internet explorer to work. Is there a way to force a 32bit internet explorer window to open on 64bit machines? The script works fine when running from a 32bit machine.

$ie = New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application
$ie.Navigate2($url)
$ie.Visible = $true

Answer 1

$url = "http://www.google.com"
$shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$shell.Exec("C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe $url") | Out-Null