Edge lost option to reload in IE mode

Gpotter719 50 Reputation points
2025-10-06T17:05:19.8733333+00:00

I've completely lost the option to reload in IE mode on multiple different pc's that uses edge as of today. Its set to allow in edge://settings/defaultBrowser and I've even added sites to it to try to force it to work that way but no luck. I have old software that runs from a local networked computer that only runs in IE mode. Anyone having this issue and found a fix/work around? I've also reset default settings in IE, cleared cache/history, rebooted pc, and disabled/re-enabled that setting.

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11
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  1. Ryan Melitante 70 Reputation points
    2025-11-04T08:59:33.94+00:00

    add this on regedit

    or use this command on cmd
    reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v InternetExplorerIntegrationLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

    restart your edge browser and the IE icon will now appear in the upper right and the settings

    14 people found this answer helpful.

  2. Nick Norbury 45 Reputation points
    2025-10-06T20:43:25.5466667+00:00

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    Turn on the internet explorer mode icon on the toolbar

    Then you can open the page using the toolbar icon. This happened to me today too.

    9 people found this answer helpful.

  3. Andrew 5 Reputation points
    2025-11-03T16:37:05.5366667+00:00

    In internet settings under Default Browser, toggle the dropdown for "Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer Mode". I switched from Allow > Default > Allow, and the notification bar asking to use IE returned back. Weird but it works.

    1 person found this answer helpful.

  4. Admin @ Willing Hearts 0 Reputation points
    2025-10-23T03:18:10.5066667+00:00

    After a week of testing multiple solutions - I rolled back to 1.21 and disabled the update of MS-Edge. However, years ago MS tried to make the IE anon removable part of the OS - and was forced to remove this function. Edge 141 cannot be removed at all. I went through the hard procedure to install new, w/o auto updates. MS- Where are you heading for?


  5. Don Schaefer 0 Reputation points
    2025-11-25T13:56:00.8066667+00:00

    Microsoft, here's an idea! Why don't you update RDS (RDWEB) so that it doesn't require Internet Explorer 11 to work properly. In default Edge, the the option to connect to Users Desktops doesn't show.

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