Internet Explorer mode gone?

Anonymous
2020-06-01T11:42:41+00:00

Hello Microsoft Community,

For the past 2 months I had been using and testing IE Mode integration within the chromium version of the Edge Browser.

I had the "Enable IE integration" enabled in edge://flags and had been running Edge in admin with the command line "--ie-mode-test"

This was working on Friday 29th May but this morning 1st June the option in "More tools > Open in Internet Explorer Mode" is no longer present.

Any ideas or has IE integration moved exclusively to Local Group Policy ?

Welcome to any suggestions,

Thanks for you time,

Omega.

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-11T13:57:37+00:00

    Glad it helped, I was a bit surprised how many posts after I put an incredibly easy solution of users looking to get it working.

    To anyone who needs IE mode in edge -- follow these simple steps.

    1. Create a new shortcut to Edge

    navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application", right click msedge, send to > desktop

    2. Edit the shortcut (right click, properties) and replace the target with the below line in red exactly

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --flag-switches-begin --internet-explorer-integration=iemode --ie-mode-test --enable-features=msInternetExplorerIntegrationEnhancedHangResistance --flag-switches-end

    3. Open edge using the shortcut on the desktop and IE mode is available again

    Click on settings (triple dots on the top right), more tools, open sites in internet explorer mode

    The flags are set differently on Edge 88 and above, edit your edge shortcut target to this (or run via command line)

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --flag-switches-begin --internet-explorer-integration=iemode --ie-mode-test --enable-features=msInternetExplorerIntegrationEnhancedHangResistance --flag-switches-end

    You'll get a prompt about having an "unsupported command-line flag: --ie-mode-test..." but the open in ie option is there again in more tools as of Edge 88.0.705.63

    You can additionally use local gpo or regedit to create a sitelist for websites you want to open in IE mode (using IE5-11) in case a site only works on versions older than IE11

    Well good on Microsoft for making sure everyone was aware of this change /s

    Anyway thanks a ton, this resolved a really roundabout issue I've been having with the "Enterprise Mode Site List" in Edge for several hours!

    Not to mention that it's exactly the solution nearly everyone on this thread needs!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-20T15:04:30+00:00

    I just updated to 87.0.664.41 and the compat features are now back in settings

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-02T19:02:02+00:00

    I go into the edge://flags and "Enable IE Integration" is no longer in there... Any updates on this?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T16:52:57+00:00

    The option is NOT THERE.  And ;Always is not a choice.  Only "Never" and "Incompatible sites only".

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-01T12:09:02+00:00

    Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Anthony.

    I'm Independent Advisor and I'm happy to assist you.

    I understand how difficult it is, when the device or app won't work in the way it should. I would suggest to reset Microsoft Edge. Follow these steps.

    • Go to "Settings" simply Windows key + I.
    • Click on "Apps", scroll down and click on Microsoft Edge, and then click on "Advanced option".
    • Scroll down and click on "Reset".

    Hope it will help.

    Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

    Thank you and Keep Safe.

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