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Microsoft is slowly moving away from Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) support. As a result more and more companies and organizations are looking to stop supplying IE11 on their user environments. Blueriq is anticipating this moment by developing the successor of Blueriq Studio: Blueriq Encore. Meanwhile, Blueriq Studio still relies on IE11 and XBAP to run properly. For those users that do not have IE11 available we now support Microsoft Edge in (IE11 modus).

To use Microsoft Edge with IE mode, you have to meet prerequisites as listed on the Microsoft site. Additionally, it might be that some adjustments need to be made by you and/or your system administrator to your computer/windows environment to make MS Edge work in IE compatibility mode. These adjustments depend on your scenario. 

There are three scenario's: 

Allow sites to be loaded in IE Mode

Open the "Settings and more" menu

Edge Settings and more


Open "Settings"

Edge Open settings


Select the "Default Browser" option

Edge Settings Defaul Browser


Set "Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode" to "Allow"

Edge Setttings Default Browser Allow sites to be relaoded in Internet Exxplorer mode

Using the IE Mode

You have 2 options to view a site in IE mode.

Switch the open site to IE Mode

Open the "Settings and more" menu

Edge Settings and more

Select "Reload in Internet Explorer mode"

Edge Settings Releoad in Internet Explorer mode

You should see the Internet Explorer Icon before the URL.

Edge Toolbar Internet Explorer mode icon

Add site to list to be opened in IE mode

Site is already in IE Mode (see previous steps)

Click on the IE Mode icon

Enable the option "Open this page in Internet Explorer mode next time"

The site will now be opened in Internet Explorer mode (30 days is the default)

Add site to the Internet Explorer mode pages list directly

Open the "Settings and more" menu

Edge Settings and more


Open "Settings"

Edge Open settings

Select the "Default Browser" option

Edge Settings Defaul Browser

Press the "Add" button in the "Internet Explorer mode pages" section

Fill the URL under "Enter a URL" and press "Add"

The site will now be opened in Internet Explorer mode for 30 days (30 days is the default)

When browsing to the site you should see the Internet Explorer Icon before the URL.

Edge Toolbar Internet Explorer mode icon

If there are group policies enforced it is possible to add/change these using the following guideline:
https://pureinfotech.com/enable-ie-mode-microsoft-edge-chromium/

Please note that it might that certain local changes on your computer might be periodically updated or overwritten again by your group policies. 

If there are group policies enforced on your computer and you do not have the rights to change them, below are the steps described that your system administrator will have take:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode-policies

In any scenario, XAML browser applications need to be enabled in the security settings of your system, as described here: Studio security setting. 

Please contact Blueriq Support if you have questions about using Microsoft Edge with IE mode.


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10 Comments

  1. Vincent Jansen

    As far as I can see/find, this has to be done in Internet Explorer (or by a group policy/registry key) and cannot be done inside Microsoft Edge (and I assume this has to be done in all the 3 scenario's)

    1. Vincent Jansen

      https://admx.help/?Category=InternetExplorer&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.InternetExplorer::IZ_Policy_WebBrowserApps_3

  2. Tijmen Daatselaar

    Ik vind het verwarrend dat deze guideline hier staat en er onderin ook guidelines staan (waaronder dezelfde)

  3. Tijmen Daatselaar

    To use Microsoft Edge with IE mode, you have to meet...

  4. Tijmen Daatselaar

    Ik vind het verwarrend dat er 2 main scenario's zijn, maar er vervolgens nog 3 opties uit te klappen zijn.

  5. Tijmen Daatselaar

    Misschien onderin nog de volgende regel toevoegen? Please contact Blueriq Support if you need any help while configuring Microsoft Edge with IE mode.

  6. Frank van der Vaart

    For a BMF student with a Windows 11 laptop, I was able to configure the settings as described in scenario 1, but that was not enough. I couldn't find the security settings in Edge itself, but you can access them via the control panel > internet options (thanks for the tip Onno!). When I added the studio url to the trusted sites (and unchecked that https is required), studio was up & running without problems.

    1. Vincent Jansen

      The security settings (including how to set them without internet explorer) are described here: Studio security setting

      1. Frank van der Vaart

        Thanks for the additional link Vincent. I want to add that this link leads to a page that describes how to adjust the registry to allow XAML browser applications. In the past years in my work with students that are going to use our studio, I hardly ever had to adjust the registry in that way. But I always have to add the Blueriq studio url (e.g. http://classroom.blueriq.com/Studio/Studio.xbap) to the trusted sites in IE (or via the control panel > internet options).

        1. Vincent Jansen

          Registry is just one of the options (I think only system administrators will use it), users using edge I think should use the second option on that page (via the control panel).

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