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Springer84
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Sep 02, 2020

Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode Greyed Out

We have installed Edge 85.0.564.44 (Official build) (64-bit) and are attempting to do testing with IE Compatibility mode. The option appears, but is greyed out. I have also got Dev and Canary install...
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Kelly_Y
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Sep 09, 2020

animejay Springer84 Hello!  I've reached out to our IE Mode team.  Specifically for Enterprises, IE Mode is configured by IT Admins.  (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode). 

 

You mentioned you were doing some testing, have you checked out the InternetExplorerIntegrationTestingAllowed policy? 

(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationtestingallowed)

 

Note: It is available on Windows since Version 86 or later

 

Thanks! 

 

-Kelly

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Springer84
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Sep 11, 2020

Kelly_Y The policy you mentioned "InternetExplorerIntegrationTestingAllowed" did put the option to reload the site in internet explorer mode in the More Tools menu. The other options in Default Settings are still greyed out. I will note that I had a couple members of my team check their home computers (not on company domain) with Edge 85, and some are greyed out and some are not. 

  • Shilpa_Subramanian's avatar
    Shilpa_Subramanian
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    Sep 11, 2020

    Springer84 In order to test IE mode, the policy that Kelly pointed you to is the right one to use.

    The settings under Internet Explorer compatibility are meant for non-managed devices and are intentionally greyed out on managed devices, so it checks out that your users are seeing it on their home devices. We understand that having them greyed out is confusing when there is no policy backing up the setting and we're working on hiding those options when they are not meant to be actionable.

    Thanks for reaching out and please let us know if you have further questions!

    • Mike_Bound's avatar
      Mike_Bound
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      Sep 15, 2020

      Shilpa_SubramanianThis answer is not good at all.   And I feel that that can not be the right answer.
      Why would Microsoft be trying to stop corporate computers from being able to use those functions.

      Microsoft, please please please remove the blocks that is stopping corporate computers from using the Internet Explorer compatibility settings in Edge. Your answer makes no sense that Microsoft would be doing this.

      Can you please provide more info on what is happening here?

      • Shilpa_Subramanian's avatar
        Shilpa_Subramanian
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        Sep 15, 2020

        Mike_Bound to clarify, we are working on a policy for the first setting to "Let Internet Explorer open sites in Microsoft Edge". Until the policy is available, this setting will be hidden so as to not cause confusion.

         

        For the second setting - "Allow sites to be loaded in Internet Explorer mode", corporate devices can already use this feature using group policies available. For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode-policies

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