Is there an easy way to enable IE mode on the new Edge (Chromium) browser.
Recent version have removed the flag for IE integration and this functionality seems to be pretty well hidden and obscured with 'special' flags and xml compatility lists.
The best 'guide' that I could find is this one: https://byteben.com/bb/enable-ie-mode-and-use-a-site-list-in-edge-chromium-with-microsoft-endpoint-manager/
But, even with the guide, I was unable to determine how to correctly set up the 'sites.xml' to work correctly. The microsoft documentation for IE mode seems to be a maze of links leading so some 'Enterprise Edge templates' which I could not figure out what they represent or even if they apply to me (I'm not in any 'enterprise').
Does anyone have a simple tutorial or step by step instructions on how to set up the IE mode in a non-active-directory environment?
Thanks.
Best Answer
In fact, the article that you referenced to, gave you all the hints that you need. Look at
Verify IE Mode Configuration
section. It shows the result of all the complicated settings is just a registry key. It makes sense since that is what Microsoft keeps messing over and over again.So, here is what you need to do to enable IE mode.
Turn on IE mode by the registry:
WindowsKey + R
->regedit
-> enterHKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Create a
ie_site_list.xml
with content similar to below:Keep repeating the followings block and change the
url
for all of your IE sites:You save this file to
C:\\ie_site_list.xml
. If you choose a different destination, remember to change the path in the registry, too.You could use “Enterprise Mode Site List Manager” to create and manage this config file. But since it just a text file, just something like
notepad++
is enough.Confirm that Edge loaded this configuration:
Go to edge://compat/enterprise, you should see the IE sites already there. If you haven't restart Edge, you may need to click on
Force update
button.