IEtoEdge BHO Group Policy issue

Question

Hi,

I have an issue with the IEtoEDGE BHO setting in IE11. I have set the following policies

RedirectSitesFromInternetExplorerPreventBHOInstall (Policy enabled)

RedirectSitesFromInternetExplorerRedirectMode (Policy enabled, policy options mapping set to Disabled

The policy is applying to our devices, but when I check in IE11 the add-on still shows as installed and enabled, even after an update of Edge being applied.

What I want to confirm is, as long as the second policy is applied, will it stop redirection even if the add-on shows as enabled and why does it not uninstall the BHO add-on.

any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Vincent Kennedy

1. From the doc, it says The BHO is required for incompatible site redirection to occur, however whether redirection occurs or not is also controlled by RedirectSitesFromInternetExplorerRedirectMode. Besides, I also test with your group policy settings and I confirm that when the second policy is applied, it will stop redirection even if the add-on shows as enabled.
2. I also test with an Edge update and the add-on is uninstalled after Edge is updated. After updating, my Edge version is Edge Stable 92.0.902.55. Please note that you need to use Edge Stable channel as it is said in the doc that If the BHO is already installed, it will be uninstalled the next time the Microsoft Edge Stable channel is updated.

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Yu Zhou

Answer 2

Hi,

We are facing same issue .After Updating Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime 92.0.902.55 . Redirection not working like my URL IP:Port/web#login?name=ram when console window.location whole URL not printing before that in older version it was working fine . Kindly help in priority it is buggy version .

Thanks
Prithvi

@Yu Zhou-MSFT