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Internet Explorer mode in Edge is not working
rafalw15851895 Enabling IE mode is possible by either providing a list ("https://docs.microsoft.com/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationsitelist" policy) or enforcing/recommending a manual switch in Edge ("https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationreloadiniemodeallowed" policy) for users to use. You can also ask users to manually turn the switch on.
To use the list approach, set https://docs.microsoft.com/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationlevel to 1 and provide a list in a shared folder in your network that all users can read but not write:
To set up the list I would recommend you use the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode-site-list-manager. This is the latest version which is integrated into Edge. The URL is edge://compat/SiteListManager. When finished, you are required to manually export to an XML file and save it to the shared folder you specified in the policy:
If you want to edit the XML file just import it into the manager tool.
For the switch mentioned by Kelly_Y, it is disabled by default, i.e. only use the Edge internal list to automatically switch to IE mode for incompatible sites confirmed by Microsoft. You can either ask users to manually turn it on or enforce/recommend it using GPO policy https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationreloadiniemodeallowed.
How users turn the switch on: Go to Settings > Default Browser > Internet Explorer compatibility or enter URL edge://settings/defaultBrowser, set Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode to Allow.
Change the setting to "Allow" enables the "Reload in Internet Explorer mode" menu item.
Ken
Thanks for Your answer. One of solutions is working and that is great. I'm able to open webpage in IE mode using Site List. But the problem is in second part. Even when I configured "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationreloadiniemodeallowed" policy I still don't see any of IE mode options from Settings > Default Browser .
- KenChongMay 16, 2022Iron Contributor
rafalw15851895 , glad that you go one step further!
rafalw15851895 wrote:Thanks for Your answer. One of solutions is working and that is great. I'm able to open webpage in IE mode using Site List. But the problem is in second part. Even when I configured "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationreloadiniemodeallowed" policy I still don't see any of IE mode options from Settings > Default Browser .
The option is there even no policy is set. What is the version of Edge?
I just tested the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationreloadiniemodeallowed (Allow unconfigured sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode) policy and it is working. Please note this policy requires Edge 92 or later, and the documentation says restarting Edge is required.
Setting enforced for "Allow unconfigured sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode" policy.
If your policy changed the effective setting, restart is required.
If you set it in the "Default Settings (user can override)" section, it will keep users' current setting if they set it before.
You can remove the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationtestingallowed policy since it is obsolete and doesn't work after Edge 94.
- youngjediJul 05, 2022Copper Contributor
Hi Ken,
I have just recently started following this email chain and I have tried what has been suggested and I have confirmed that we are on the latest version of Edge.
I am running the Group Policy per computer since I do not have the rights to add it to the User Groups in AD. I have placed the Sites file in the Group Policy location on our server so that the computers have the rights to file. But we still cannot get it to run in IE Mode even though it shows it in Edge. Is this because it cannot be run via the computer settings in the Group Policy?
I have also removed the Group Policy so that there are no settings being applied now and we have manually tried it on computers after this. Any computer that was not previously tested manually in IE mode prior to the group policy despite Edge is no longer showing that it being managed by our organization, we cannot get it work with the manual settings that we have on the ones in which we had previously tested.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
John
- KenChongJul 06, 2022Iron Contributor
Hi John,
I see you mentioned AD, please note that https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2157099-local-vs-domain-gpo.
You can first open the Internet Explorer mode diagnostic information (URL: edge://compat/iediagnostic) and take a look. If you are using policies you can also go to edge://policy/ and check which policies are applied.
For your reference, I use the following policies:
Configure Internet Explorer integration
(InternetExplorerIntegrationLevel)
Internet Explorer mode (1) Configure the Enterprise Mode Site List
(InternetExplorerIntegrationSiteList)
[XML file location] Note that although the official document says https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#internetexplorerintegrationreloadiniemodeallowed (InternetExplorerIntegrationReloadInIEModeAllowed) should be enabled to allow users to manually switch sites to IE mode, I can use this function even if I have this policy "not configured".
Be sure to confirm your environment is meeting the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode#prerequisites.
Regards,
Ken
- rafalw15851895May 18, 2022Copper ContributorHi
Microsoft Edge: Version 101.0.1210.39 (Official build)
So version is higher than 92.
Machine was rebooted couple times .- Greg_AJul 07, 2022Iron ContributorHave you been able to figure this out? We have some users on W10 with Edge v100+ and they have the same symptoms: When going to edge://settings/defaultbrowser, they don't see the IE mode options at all.