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michaelketting
Brass Contributor
Jul 18, 2019

IE Mode Problem

I'm running the latest Dev-Build on a Windows 1903, have both the IE Mode flags enabled, but when I try to switch a page into IE Mode, I only at the notification, that I have to re-install MS Edge wi...
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HotCakeX
MVP
Aug 13, 2019
The correct way and the way Microsoft expects users to use the IE mode is through group policy. since it's a feature that is rarely used and only enterprises and those who are Forced to use IE will use it then there is no problem with group policy deployment.
for now, if you need IE then use IE inside Windows, there is no news at all about it being removed.
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michaelketting
Brass Contributor
Aug 14, 2019

HotCakeXI'm sorry but there's documentation (well, blog posts, mostly) out there to use this feature, there's flags within Internet Explorer to use this feature, there's options the actual UI to use this feature, so I expect to be able to use it without out much fuss.

 

As to why it's important: Right now, Edge is in prerelease and it's important to test that the concept of IE mode works for applications that are relying on it and I like to be able to do so without much fuss and ceremony. It is, for instance, not practical to reserve a VM and/or a dedicated web application deployment soley for testing compatibility of your application with IE mode. And yes, some applications must be evaluated with and without IE mode because you don't know which way customers will swing.

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