


Internet Explorer remains available on some devices. Some user data, such as passwords and favorites, are imported into Microsoft Edge during the first redirection. These sites launch Microsoft Edge automatically when visited in Internet Explorer. Microsoft maintains a list of more than 7500 websites that it considers incompatible with the classic web browser. The visual references will be removed during the installation of the June 2023 cumulative updates for Windows and the preview update of the June 2023 cumulative update, which Microsoft plans to release on May 23, 2023.Īttempts to launch Internet Explorer will result in the redirection to Microsoft Edge. Microsoft urges administrators to complete transitions by February 2023 to avoid disruptions to workflows.Įnterprise administrators may remove references to Internet Explorer, such as icons on the taskbar or Start menu, using a Disable IE policy. Organizations who have not transitioned users from Internet Explorer 11 to Microsoft Edge may be impacted by the change. "All remaining devices that have not already been redirected from IE11 to Microsoft Edge are scheduled to be redirected with the Microsoft Edge update scheduled for February 14, 2023" according to the Redmond-based company. Now, Microsoft clarifies that Internet Explorer 11 will be "permanently disabled on certain versions of Windows 10" on Februthrough a Microsoft Edge update. Microsoft told customers at the time that a Windows Update would disable the classic web browser eventually. In fact, customers could still run Internet Explorer. Disabling this extension is greyed out and not supported out of the box, other than disabling all extensions via the option described above.Internet Explorer 11 reached end of support on June 15, 2022, but it was not removed from devices at the time. There is a static list of websites which get automatically redirected to Edge. This behavior I was experiencing seems to be a DLL ( ie_to_edge_bho.dll) file which comes with Edge and is being installed in IE. Note: This might need a restart to take effect and disable also other extensions but unfortunately as of this day there seems to be no other options to browse a website in IE which needs IE for one or the other reason.

I found a setting in Internet Explorer under Internet Options -> Advanced Tab -> Browsing section -> Uncheck Enable third party extensions. I had a scheduled task which opens a website at a given time, the command there is: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" Īfter upgrading to 20H2 it always opened in Edge, also manually browsing to that website was redirected to Edge. I have had a similar behavior in Windows 10 20H2 (As of writing this answer, the latest Windows 10 build so far).
