Aug 30 2020 12:12 PM
The latest 20H2 update on my Windows Insider machine appears to have removed legacy edge even though the side by side mode was activated prior to the installation of Edge stable as per Microsoft's own documentation. Legacy edge was functioning correctly prior to the update. How do I restore Edge Legacy in side by side mode with Chromium Edge.
Aug 30 2020 03:57 PM
@Alexei_Drekker Yeah good question. I occasionally used Edge Classic as fallback if a site didn't work in Edgium. Not anymore! Also interested in re-enabling Edge Classic / Legacy.
Aug 30 2020 11:39 PM - edited Aug 31 2020 06:47 AM
If you don't know about it, Microsoft Edge Legacy will be removed from bottom-up in the Windows 10 20H2 release and will be shipped directly with Edge Chromium. I had linked the blog in a post in this community recently which has everything to tell about what you are asking and support for IE11 and Edge Legacy in the future, but if haven't seen it yet, I would recommend you to read it posted by @Microsoft365_MicrosoftEdge_Product.
Aug 31 2020 03:33 AM
@TheShaunSaw The link is broken, but if true, that is a terrible move. Edge Chromium is nowhere near good enough yet to replace Edge Legacy without reprieve. **bleep**. Guess I must try and find another replacement browser now or decide to downgrade and defer Windows Updates on my main machines until Edge Chromium achieves parity with Edge Legacy. I hope it does not take years.
Aug 31 2020 06:55 AM
Sorry for the inconvenience. I checked the link now and the issue was that the link provided before was half and would have happened because I copied, pasted and posted the before reply on my mobile phone and it did not paste the whole link but did ... at the end which broke the URL. I have now corrected the link and now should work correctly. Thanks for bringing it into my attention
@Alexei_Drekker wrote:@TheShaunSaw The link is broken, but if true, that is a terrible move. Edge Chromium is nowhere near good enough yet to replace Edge Legacy without reprieve. **bleep**. Guess I must try and find another replacement browser now or decide to downgrade and defer Windows Updates on my main machines until Edge Chromium achieves parity with Edge Legacy. I hope it does not take years.
True, I also feel that this should not happen till the Microsoft Edge Chromium is at par or better than Edge Legacy. Edge Chromium still does not have all the important features that the Legacy Edge did and would be unreliable for many users if this gets shipped through Windows 10 early.
Aug 31 2020 09:29 AM
Aug 31 2020 10:38 AM
Yes, I also want the two-page view in the Immersive Reader and PDF viewer and many other features from months but most of them have still not yet been implemented.
As I saw that you are using third party PDF viewer, I can tell you that you can download the Adobe Acrobat extension from the Chrome Web Store and use it in the Microsoft Edge browser which is the default extension used in PDF viewing in Google Chrome.
Aug 31 2020 11:21 AM
Aug 31 2020 11:58 PM
Sep 01 2020 08:58 PM
@nikhilk0 Nice find. It would be great if Classic Edge would be added to the menu "Turn Windows Features on or off" to make this easier.
Sep 03 2020 12:15 AM
@ChromeRefugee That would be great. I still prefer Edge classic over Chromium edge as my PDF viewer and for streaming Netflix.
Dec 05 2020 09:50 AM
@nikhilk0That's a great find! I use it every time an update is installed. However, something I want to warn everyone of is that if you have Edge Legacy open when the update is installed, it will close the browser without warning. I was recently in the middle of writing a forum post (not to mention a long one) and my browser closed instantly closed without warning. So just be extra careful about this (if you know some registry entry that can prevent this, please let us know, it could be a lifesaver!), thanks!
Dec 06 2020 03:20 AM - edited Dec 06 2020 03:23 AM
@ChromeRefugee wrote:@Alexei_Drekker Yeah good question. I occasionally used Edge Classic as fallback if a site didn't work in Edgium. Not anymore! Also interested in re-enabling Edge Classic / Legacy.
Wow. this is the first time I'm hearing this. a website more compatible with EdgeHTML engine than Chromium or FireFox engines. lol in my entire life I've never come across such a website. not even Microsoft's websites do that.
EdgeHTML engine has always been either equally or less performant and compatible than other engines such as Chromium and Firefox, never more compatible and better.
and not talking about now, even back in 2015 when it was first introduced all the way till now.
Dec 06 2020 03:32 AM - edited Dec 06 2020 03:34 AM
@nikhilk0 wrote:@ChromeRefugee That would be great. I still prefer Edge classic over Chromium edge as my PDF viewer and for streaming Netflix.
I see this comment is 3 months old, right now Edge has got 90% of the features from Edge legacy
but what about Netflix?
I see new Edge browsers supports streaming Netflix in 4K, Ultra2 ,Dolby Audio3 and Dolby Vision4.