Toggle “Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode”.

In the sidebar, click “Default browser”.

In Microsoft Edge, press the three dots in the top-right corner and then click “Settings”. Here’s how to open any website in IE mode in the stable builds of Version 85 or higher: How to Open a Webpage with the Edge Internet Explorer Mode (IE Mode)Īctivating IE mode only takes a single settings toggle and a couple of minutes. If IE Mode is not working in your version of Microsoft Edge this is probably because you have been following instructions for ealier DEV builds where Internet Explorer Mode could be activated via edge://flags and initiated running Edge.exe using the parameter string “–ie-mode-test”.Īpart from that you have to make sure not having deleted Internet Explorer as Microsoft Edge depends on certain files to run IE Mode.

To do so, it utilizes the Trident MSHTML engine from Internet Explorer, with only sites that you configure using the outdated methods. Most critically, it also contains a so-called IE Mode, which, if you still have Internet Explorer installed, lets you run a webpage as if you were using IE. Microsoft Edge is now built on Google’s Chromium web engine, which delivers webpages faster, supports more modern languages and web standards, and includes many features that Internet Explorer doesn’t.

Launch internet explorer in safe mode