Vbs script works for Edge Chromium but not for the older Microsoft Edge

Question

Hello.
I am using a vb script to get my application to prompt me for the smart card upon its removal instead of keeping me signed in.
The authentication to this app is managed by adfs as my idp (Saml 2.0) certificate based authentication only.
The idea was to set the vbs in a schedules task that- when detects smart card is removed- does particular actions:
Delete cookies on the browser
Delete my certificate from the personal store, so that adfs prompts me for my identity again.

On computers with edge chromium, it works perfectly:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "msedge.exe https://myRP/logoutpage"
Wscript.Sleep 900
WshShell.SendKeys "^+{DELETE}"
Wscript.Sleep 900
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB 10}"
Wscript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
Wscript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys "^w"

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run("powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden -command Get-ChildItem -recurse cert:\currentuser\My | ? subject -match 'my_username' | remove-item")

But on computers with the older microsft edge, same script doesnt work, as in it keeps my identity somewhere other than in the cookies and cert store.

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "cmd.exe /C start microsoft-edge:http://myapp/logout"
Wscript.Sleep 900
<<Correspondant Key Strokes to delete Cookies>>

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run("powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden -command Get-ChildItem -recurse cert:\currentuser\My | ? subject -match 'my_username' | remove-item")

My question is: how to get the microsoft edge script to behave like the edge chromium one?

I am missing a command to completely delete my identity from the legacy browser.

Ps: my Rp does not supprort SLO, so i cant go
with that solution
Edited

Answer 1

Hi @Exc_Ad

I made a test with outlook login and I think I can understand what do you mean.
I sign in with outlook account on https://outlook.live.com/owa/, then clear the browser data with Ctrl Shift Del keys. When I refresh the page after clearing, I was logged out on Edge Chromium, but I was still logged in on Edge Legacy.
I found that, on Edge Legacy, you can only delete the cookies using F12-Debugger-Cookies then you can log out totally without closing the browser. That's why the vbs script can't work with Edge Legacy.

So if you want to simulate log out on Edge Legacy without closing the browser, I think you can only delete all the cookies under F12-Debugger-Cookies.

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Regards,
Yu Zhou

Answer 2

The recommendation is to use new Microsoft Edge because it has more functionality and supports more standards.
It is recommended to ask your user to upgrade to new Microsoft Edge instead of resolve this issue in Legacy Microsoft Edge.