However, you need to download and install the Microsoft Edge policy settings first. You can also set up the compatibility mode on Microsoft Edge through Group Policy.To enable IE mode on Edge, open Settings > Default browser, select the “Allow” option for the “Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode (IE mode)” setting and restart the browser to apply the settings and load legacy websites correctly.I don't know why everything can't just use the default browser as presumably this is the one the user wants to use if set as such. Other Microsoft software does too such as when debugging in Visual Studio but at least there is an option to change this.

This leads to about one support call every 2 weeks. So what happens then is the email doesn't display properly, the link at the top of the email opens IE at which point it may display ok but then clicking a link in the email takes the user to the website in that browser which then doesn't work correctly as doesn't support IE.Īccording to Microsoft, Office 365 doesn't even support IE yet it still picks it as the browser to use in this instance.

A software restriction policy doesn't work either as just leads to an error. This still happens in the most recent version of Office 365 and no matter whether you set as the default via either group policy or the user. You would expect this to open your default browser but it always opens IE no matter what is set. 'If there are problems with how this message is displayed, click here to view it in a web browser'.

If you are in Outlook and you click the bar at the top of the email that says: With the new Edge I was hoping to finally see the back of Internet Explorer and whilst Microsoft have dropped support in some areas there seem to be key places where it is still the one that is selected and it is still installed in the latest versions of Windows 10 when even Edge legacy is not anymore.

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