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TomGriffith3
Brass Contributor
Mar 14, 2020

Edige IE mode, 32-bit?

Hello. if you have a minute, I have several business apps requiring 32-bit IE as opposed to 64-bit. Is is possible to configure IE mode in Edge for 32-bit IE?

 

I reviewed this article...

 

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode

 

Secondly, is it possible to enable ActiveX, etc in Edge IE-mode in what is the IE "Internet Options..Security" tab?

I fear/dread that since Edge is 64-bit, the 32-bit thing didn't come up when allowing IE-mode for Edge.

 

Thank you so much for reading.

  • mindst's avatar
    mindst
    Iron Contributor
    On my x64 machine 32bit activex works in ie mode. I guess it uses IE configuration
    • TomGriffith3's avatar
      TomGriffith3
      Brass Contributor

      Hey, mindst . Did you follow those (fairly) complicated policy steps? It does look like ActiveX might already be part of this. I also have MSXML stuff, xml islands (IE emulate previous versions are in the HTML heads)...hehehe. I don't see all the dots connecting to make this work. 🙂

      • mindst's avatar
        mindst
        Iron Contributor

        Hi, I'm not really sure what our group policy is for IE11, but I think Extended protected mode isn't checked by default. We don't have any specific shortcuts to launch 32bit browser, we had on XP machines. And all our 32bit stuff works inside IE. I guess it runs 32bit mode by default, for compatibility reasons. With Edge I just have enabled group policy to transfer intranet pages to IE mode and on 64bit machines Edge also uses 32bit IE mode as 32bit activex controls works as before. 

        But I guess you may need to uncheck "Enabled protected mode" for intranet zone (guess we talking about intranet zone), as this one is not checked on my machine and is controlled via group policy.

        I can only suggest you to make several test: use 64bit machine and try to open your pages that requires 32bit browser. I think there are only two options that you need to look at "Enchanced protected mode" on Advanced tab and "Enable protected mode" on security tab. 

      • mindst's avatar
        mindst
        Iron Contributor
        Yes, window.opener works the same as in IE if both windows are IE mode. I didn't tried configuration when parent window is chromium and popup is IE or vice versa.

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