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Aug 08, 2018
Shortcut to IE with plugin
I package up Fiddler in MSIX, and as part of that create a shortcut to Iexplore.exe so that I have a way to launch IE in the container with the IE plugin. Upon installing the package, I get both ...
Jul 18, 2022
No. While I could fix the package to attempt to launch the native iexplore.exe, it just wasn't going to work well in the container. Now that IE is EOL, I don't care. As per Edge (and Edge in IE mode), I'm preferring to wait for Microsoft to MSIX edge at this point. I am assuming they will. Java seems to be the motivating reason for many asking me about it.
SJamal85
Jul 18, 2022Copper Contributor
Hi Timothy, Thanks for responding. So, does that mean that currently if we want to launch any browser from the MSIX container we cannot? My basic need is to launch the any browser within the container so that it can be launched along with application add-in. Earlier in app-v, we used vb-script to launch the same using /appvve command-let
- Jul 19, 2022No. Firefox has a MSIX package you can get from the Microsoft Store. Because their software was built to run on multiple platforms, it was probably easier for them to make the changes to get their software working.