Microsoft will force Internet Explorer users to open some links in Edge

Source: Geeknetic added 27th Oct 2020

by Jordi Bercial Hours ago

It seems that Microsoft has come up with a way to migrate Internet Explorer users to Microsoft Edge once and for all, and as we can read in ZDNet, a total of 1156 web domains will cause Microsoft Edge to open to open the website, at the same time that Internet Explorer explains this behavior.

Microsoft has been testing this feature with some users from Edge 84 , released this summer, but finally on Edge 87, which is expected next month, this behavior will reach all users, so plans to retire Internet Explorer continue.

Its operation is relatively simple, as a DLL file called ie_to_edge_bho.dll is in charge of seeing which web pages a user accesses and compare them with a database of websites incompatible with Internet Explorer , something that will cause the navigation to continue in Edge.

Being a rather intrusive behavior, Microsoft will provide group policies for some of its clients to be able to disable this behavior , or at least have some control over its operation, as there may be cases in which this functionality is more problematic than anything else.

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Jordi Bercial

Avid enthusiast of technology and electronics . I messed around with computer components almost since I learned to ride. I started working at Geeknetic after winning a contest on their forum for writing hardware articles. Drift, mechanics and photography lover. Don’t be shy and leave a comment on my articles if you have any questions.