Forum Discussion
Whats the best way to test Win 10 without IE
I was recently searching for an ISO of Win10 that does not have IE but can't find one.
The only options I saw was installing Win10 with IE and then disabling it via GPO or use DISM to uninstall it. But I am wondering if these options truly disable IE or leave some components of it in the backend of Windows and other apps will use these.
Also, there seem to be 2 entrys in the knowledgebase:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/browsers/installation/disable-internet-explorer-windows
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-disable-ie11#disable-internet-explorer-11-as-a-standalone-browser
Which of these is recommended?
What is the correct way to reliably test a future Windows without IE, so we can be sure all applications work.
3 Replies
- You don't need to remove the Internet Explorer and you could just disable it and use Microsoft Edge instead and perform your testing. Internet Explorer is part of the Windows and you could just disable it.
- Jason_Sandys
Microsoft
In addition to Steve's spot on comment, keep in mind that there is no way to fully remove Internet Explorer from Windows -- our impending "removal" of Internet Explorer does not fully remove it, it only removes the user surface area of it while things like the rendering engine still exist in (and are integral to) the OS. This is exactly what the two methods you've called out do as well. - SteveThomasI assume you are talking about testing applications that have no IE dependencies (i.e. ActiveX.) The documentation you referenced is the recommended way.
