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He-Man84
Copper Contributor
Jun 13, 2019

IE mode only for 20H1 insiders?

I asked this in another thread, but I believe this is worth making a new thread over. So I've been seeing reports on other websites that IE mode is now available in dev/canary edge chromium, but if I...
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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Jun 23, 2019

He-Man84 tomscharbach @hiren1610 

No wonder superficially, instinctively, this made no sense...

I owe y'all a HUGE apologyā¯—  The suggestion of ONLY Windows Insider Builds giving IE Mode is 100% rubbish.  I am SO sorry, I don't know how I forgot that I did have it because of a flag.  Plum forgot grabbing it back whenever.  I, now, have it on Dev & Canary on BOTH my Insider W10 AND my Windows 10... because of doing the flag w/ the W10 installs, as well.

Forgive me for saying I had confirmed this theory as valid, it is not.  IE Mode works on BOTH Insider Win10 & regular Win10 with a flag.  Indeed, it has not, actually, 'arrived' in Edge C, yet.  Excuse me for supporting misleading people.

Yes, currently IE Mode requires flags. Period. Applies to any & all Windows 10 Versions or Builds.

And, @hiren1610 , your 1803, still, must be brought up to 1903.

Cheers.
Drew

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    tomscharbach
    Bronze Contributor
    Jun 23, 2019

    Drew1903   "IE Mode works on BOTH Insider Win10 & regular Win10 with a flag.  Indeed, it has not, actually, 'arrived' in Edge C, yet.  Excuse me for supporting misleading people.

    Yes, currently IE Mode requires flags. Period. Applies to any & all Windows 10 Versions or Builds.

    And, @hiren1610 , your 1803, still, must be brought up to 1903."

     

    If I understand you correctly, a user wishing to test IE tabs must be on Windows 10 1903 or higher (that is, one of the Insider builds) and one or both "IE integration" flags (see below) must be enabled.  Is that correct?

     

     

     

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      Drew1903
      Silver Contributor
      Jun 23, 2019

      tomscharbach 

      Yes, Tom but, there's a more than that... In regard to W10 & my saying be on 1903, that is because fundamentally 10 should, now, be on 1903 and definitely not be on 1803, anymore.  But, the flags are needed for IE Mode in Edge C no matter what Windows OS is involved (7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 10 Insider Build) or even if on a MAC OS . Dev & Canary will run on all of the above, now, btw.

      Cheers,
      Drew

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        tomscharbach
        Bronze Contributor
        Jun 24, 2019

        Drew1903  You seem to suggest that works on Windows 10 builds other than Windows 10 1903 and Windows 10 Insider builds (e.g. earlier Windows 10 builds, Windows 7, 8/8.1).  I hope you are wrong about that, but I assume you've tested and are right.

         

        If IE integration works on legacy builds, that fact suggests that the engine behind the flag is similar to Blackfish Software's "IE Tab" for Chrome, running IE within Edge Chromium without running the tab in a mini-VM, sandbox or other security container.

         

        Running Edge Chromium is risky enough (it can be run in administrator mode, granting the browser and every program that inherits rights from the browser a relatively high level of system privileges), and running IE and the legacy components that are embedded in IE in such an environment compounds the risk.

         

        That does not inspire confidence in Chromium's built-in security.

         

         

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