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Internet Explorer to be ‘permanently disabled’ on Windows 10 next week

Microsoft will permanently disable the out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) desktop app on Windows 10 with an upcoming Microsoft Edge update.

In an update to a FAQ page about retiring IE 11, Microsoft detailed the upcoming end of the ageing web browser. A Microsoft Ege update coming on February 14th, 2023 will permanently disable IE 11 on most versions of Windows 10. However, it will remain available on some versions of Windows (including Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Extended Security Updates, certain long-term servicing channel (LTSC) versions of Windows 10, and more).

A Windows security update scheduled for June 13th, 2023, will remove IE 11 visual references, such as the Start Menu and taskbar icons, from Windows.

Microsoft highly recommends users set up IE mode in the Edge browser ahead of February 14th to avoid any issues or disruptions.

This is the latest in the long, slow death of Internet Explorer. In May 2021, the company announced plans to kill IE 11 on Windows 10 the following month. Then in June 2021, the company announced Windows 11 and published a list of features that would be removed in the jump from Windows 10 to 11, which included IE 11.

However, nearly a year later, someone found a way to bypass settings and actually launch IE 11 on Windows 11. Despite Microsoft’s best efforts, Internet Explorer lives on.

Source: Microsoft

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Somehow Internet Explorer lives on deep in the bowels of Windows 11

After 25 years of service, Microsoft retired its Internet Explorer browser earlier this year, and even started redirecting users to the Edge browser.

The retired browser was always disabled on Microsoft’s latest Windows 11, and Windows 10 users lost support for the browser earlier last year. However, as first shared by The Verge, a Twitter user has found a workaround to make the outdated browser work on Windows 11.

Normally, launching Internet Explorer on Windows 11 forces you into Microsoft Edge, however, going into the search bar and looking up ‘Internet Options’ gives you a way to launch the ancient browser.

Once you’re in Internet Options, go to the Programs tab and click on “Manage add-ons.” From there on, head to “Learn more about toolbars and extension” at the bottom of the page, and that should bypass the Edge redirection and open up Internet Explorer.

Alas, this has no real use case, but it’s still cool to see that you can bypass Microsoft’s settings and gain access to an old browser that for years has been a pain in the back side.

Image credit: @XenoPanther

Source: @XenoPanther, Via: The Verge

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Software engineer says RIP to Internet Explorer with an actual gravestone

A gravestone created for the now-dead web browser, Internet Explorer, has gone viral.

South Korean software engineer at Microsoft, Jung Ki-Young, ordered a headstone that took a month to design and receive, according to Reuters. Costing 430,000 KRW (about $433 CAD), the headstone features the well-known Explorer “e” logo followed by an English epitaph that reads, “He was a good tool to download other browsers.”

To celebrate the browser’s 27-year run, Ki-Young and his brother placed the memorial at a cafe in South Korean city Gyeongju.

As of June 15th, Microsoft now redirects Internet Explorer users to Microsoft Edge.

Image credit: Jung Ki-Young

Sources: Reuters