XML compatibility restriction

Question

We are Regulatory service pharma company where we create dossiers in eCTD format using various softwares. The most important part of dossier is XML file, used to navigate between dossier files. Microsoft edge/mozilla/chrome all are unable to open these XML files except IE. Because of this XML compatibility restriction, we can not upgrade to window 11 as it does not have IE support. Can anyone help me with the issue.

Answer 1

Hi Maya Singh,

I would suggest you try to configure the IE mode in the Edge browser.

You could try opening the XML files in the IE mode of the Edge browser. It could help you opening the XML files.

IE mode on Microsoft Edge makes it easy to use all of the sites your organization needs in a single browser. It uses the integrated Chromium engine for modern sites, and it uses the Trident MSHTML engine from Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for legacy sites.

I would like to suggest you refer to the steps below to configure the IE mode using the group policy.

I assume that you already have the latest MS Edge policy template installed. If not, you could refer to the steps from Configure Microsoft Edge policy settings on Windows.

1. You need to enable the policy Configure Internet Explorer integration and set it to IEmode.
2. After that you need to create an Enterprise site list XML file. You could use the Enterprise mode site list manager tool to create the site list.
3. Then you need to set the policy Configure the Enterprise Mode Site List and pass the site list.xml file as a parameter.
4. Force update the group policy by running the gpupdate /force command in the CMD.
5. You could try to launch the MS Edge browser and try to visit the legacy site, it should launched in the IE-mode.

Let us know if you have further questions or you face any difficulty configuring the IE mode. I will try to provide further suggestions.

Best Regards,

Deepak

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