How to enable Internet Explorer mode button in toolbar via GPO

Question

Hi,

I'd like to enable Internet Explorer mode button in task bar in all computers in my organisation.

I want to blocked possibility disabled this button for users.

The best way would be to use GPO Administrative templates or change registry but I can't find the right option.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

Windows does not provide a way to modify the pinned icons on task bar using GPO.

You should consider identifying which websites need IE-mode and use the "Configure the Enterprise Mode Site List" policy to specify those websites. Your clients will automatically launch Edge in IE-mode when the browser visits those sites.

Answer 2

Hi @AdrianCz ,

I agree with the suggestion given by Tony.

We don't have group policy to put the IE mode button in the task bar.

As suggested by Tony, you will need to configure group policies to enable the IE mode and you could configure the site list file to add the sites that will get launched in the IE mode.

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, I will try to provide further suggestions.

Best Regards,

Deepak

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