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Considering that IE was sunset in Nov 2019 and officially becomes abandonware next June this shouldn't be a shock. Microsoft still considers IE to be an operat
by austincheney 5y ago
Considering that IE was sunset in Nov 2019 and officially becomes abandonware next June this shouldn't be a shock. Microsoft still considers IE to be an operating system component, which suggests that they may arbitrarily remove it from user devices in forth coming security patches following June 2022.
- zamadatix 5y agoThe UI is already removed in current builds of Windows 11 but the engine remains. That's due to release this year.
- SilverRed 5y agoSince edge has an IE mode, there is no reason to not just drop it. Internal sites can keep using compat mode and external sites automatically use the chrome based engine.