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How to navigate to Edge browser if No IE browser presents

James J 586 Reputation points
Mar 3, 2023, 9:57 AM

How can we navigate IE-specific HTML pages from a C# application if no IE browser is available? For a scenario in Windows Server 2022, no iexplore.exe is present. When we try to open the html or jsp pages from c# application, they are not opening through the external Edge browser. We are not getting any response, but if we install the IE browser in Windows Server 2022, then we are successfully able to open through an external IE browser.

Note: IE on-edge policy is already applied to the machine.

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  1. Limitless Technology 44,496 Reputation points
    Mar 3, 2023, 4:33 PM

    Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. I’d be more than happy to help you with your query.

    In Edge, select Settings by clicking the ellipsis button in the upper right corner. Choose the Default browser option in the Settings box.

    In addition, you can go to Start > Settings > Applications > Default Apps > Web Browser.

    Choose Microsoft Edge from the list after selecting the symbol for the current default browser.

    If the reply was helpful, please don’t forget to upvote or accept as answer, thank you.

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  2. ShiJieLi-MSFT 10,931 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    Mar 6, 2023, 9:27 AM

    Hi @James J,

    On my newly installed Windows Server 2022, iexplore.exe is not and will not be removed since Edge IE mode is dependent on iexplore.exe to render. Only IE desktop application is removed. If your pages are IE-specific, you'll need iexplore.exe.

    As to redirecting to Microsoft Edge, you can choose either of the following options:

    1. Add the key value pair "RedirectionMode"=dword:00000002 in path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\IEToEdge in registry editor.User's image
    2. Configure the policy Disable Internet Explorer 11 as a standalone browser.

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    Best Regards,

    Shijie Li

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