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haniamoodi
Copper Contributor
Oct 18, 2023

unable to open IE11 after oct-2023 update

Hello,   we know that Microsoft has depreciated IE11, but some business sectors are depending on that. especially when it comes to ActiveX support, it was the only browser supporting that for so l...
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PJBeee
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2023

haniamoodi This is indeed a serious problem for many who need legacy access to IE. IE Mode in Edge simply does not work with some IE plug-ins.

 

We are experiencing this issue as well.

 

Now searching elsewhere for a fix for this.

 

  • MikeBrewin's avatar
    MikeBrewin
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 23, 2023

    PJBeee We have same issue,

     

    let me know if you get any information on how to get it working.

    • haniamoodi's avatar
      haniamoodi
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 25, 2023

      MikeBrewin 

      here is a work around which can run IE11 on both windows 10 and 11 as well.

      create a new shortcut and give it this value:

       

       

       

      mshta.exe javascript:open('http://google.com/');close();

       

       

       

      note: replace ":" with ":" in the above code.

      you can also watch this video.

      https://youtu.be/fTiGHKqHyNk

       

      you can change the icon of the shortcut to match IE11. simply by going to shortcut properties>change icon>browse> choose iexplorer.exe (you can use this path %ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe)

       

      but this is still a work around, we are not sure what Microsoft will come up in future.

      hopefully to get a proper solution from Microsoft at least to domain joined machines.

      • PJBeee's avatar
        PJBeee
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 25, 2023

        This works indeed, so long as what's-their-name doesn't (at least try to) shut that down as well.

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