Forum Discussion
Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer mode - How do I switch it to I.E. Mode
Does anyone know how to keep the IE pages from expiring? We have an old IIS application that currently only supports IE. We are working on upgrading the application, but it will take time.
- KenChongMar 18, 2022Iron Contributor
According to https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/05/19/the-future-of-internet-explorer-on-windows-10-is-in-microsoft-edge/:
- You can use IE-mode after IE is retired.
- The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, on consumer versions of Windows 10.
- This retirement does not affect in-market Windows 10 LTSC (only available for the Enterprise version) or Server Internet Explorer 11 desktop applications. It also does not affect the MSHTML (Trident) engine, i.e. programs showing web pages internally are not affected.
That means:
- You can still use your web app as is until June 15
- You can switch to Edge and activate IE mode after June 15 if your web app is not ready
- If your company use Windows Active Directory, i.e. all PCs are domain-joined, use the Enterprise IE mode list group policy to setup all PCs at once
To enable IE mode manually you can refer to my previous post in this thread.
Detailed documentation for configuring IE mode using GPO is available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode-policies
You can use the Enterprise Site List Manager built into Edge to generate the required XML file. Just go to this URL: edge://compat/SiteListManager. Once you are done using the Enterprise Site List Manager, remember to export the XML and save it to a location you specified in the GPO so that all PCs can read it.
Regards,
Ken