If Internet Explorer (IE) wasn’t dead before, it certainly is now. Microsoft is releasing a new Edge update that will permanently disable the old browser on most versions of Windows 10.
The following changes will take effect as the patch rolls out within a week. Visual references to Internet Explorer, such as icons in the Start menu and taskbar, will remain temporarily. However, if you try to launch IE, the Edge browser will appear in its place, alongside a new window notifying you of the changes.
Note that Microsoft plans to remove these references from Windows 10 in a Windows security update scheduled for June 13 Patch Tuesday. If you want to get rid of these references earlier, you can download the preview version “C” which is scheduled for release on May 23rd. If you’re worried about losing data, don’t worry.inside Tech community post announcing these changes (opens in a new tab)all browsing data will be automatically moved to Edge.
The permanent shutdown of Internet Explorer will undoubtedly have wide-ranging ramifications for companies that have been slower to adopt.To help them, Microsoft is asking these organizations open a support ticket (opens in a new tab) and view Internet Explorer Retirement Adoption Toolkit (opens in a new tab).
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All is not lost, because the spirit of Internet Explorer lives on. Of course, Microsoft Edge has IE Mode, so users can access older websites that won’t work on newer browsers; though that feature also has an expiration date. Support for IE mode (more specifically, the MSHTML rendering engine) is scheduled to end in 2029, so it’s still a while away. The company said it will remind people that the feature will end in 2028 to give users enough time to prepare.
Certain editions of Windows 10 will continue to include Internet Explorer.To give a few examples, you have China Government Edition and Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session, coincidentally End of service date set for May 9th.
With this, we think it is safe to say that Say goodbye to Internet Explorer After nearly two years of doing this — unless very specific versions continue to falter. It’s hard to say exactly how many people will be affected by the sudden shutdown, since Microsoft doesn’t release those numbers.looking at the recent Numbers from Stat Counter (opens in a new tab)Internet Explorer accounts for less than one percent of the total browser market share worldwide.
Yes, that’s still millions of people, but in general the world has moved on. Browsers were great when the internet was young, but they weren’t designed to last or last forever.
