Windows 11 - Internet Explorer Topic is solved

[AHKStudent]

I have to use a actual browser for some of my work, winhttp etc is not an option. I have been using ie for years and it's great for what I need. Now on my new win 11 machine obviously it's not working.

I found this joe gline video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySRSb4lVwuY and he suggests edge - ie mode etc.

Is there no way to use ie itself the way it was? This new edge way looks like a mess, and obviously if I have to learn something else it will be chrome.ahk or other options.

Joes video is from the end of last year, does anyone have anything new on this?

Thanks

[BoBo]

Besides that IE's COM features (AFAIK) are still working within Win11*, Chromium**-based browsers like Chrome/Edge/Opera/...
seems like the way to go, simply for their prevalence: https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/all-the-chromium-based-browsers/5/

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* Chromium (Open Source)

[Xeo786]

I have to use a actual browser for some of my work, winhttp etc is not an option. I have been using ie for years and it's great for what I need. Now on my new win 11 machine obviously it's not working.

were you using IE COM for automation? if so, have you tried Rufaydium?

[AHKStudent]

Besides that IE's COM features (AFAIK) are still working within Win11*, Chromium**-based browsers like Chrome/Edge/Opera/...
seems like the way to go, simply for their prevalence: https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/all-the-chromium-based-browsers/5/

* viewtopic.php?f=17&t=80060
* Chromium (Open Source)

iexplore.exe opens edge on win 11

[AHKStudent]

I have to use a actual browser for some of my work, winhttp etc is not an option. I have been using ie for years and it's great for what I need. Now on my new win 11 machine obviously it's not working.

were you using IE COM for automation? if so, have you tried Rufaydium?

if I cant use ie ill look into it, I have a few big scripts that use ie as in the physical browser and these items cannot be automated without a real browser.

[BoBo]

I can hardly think of any "physical browser"-features (buttons/address bar/???) that you won't be able to use with another browser as well!??
And as said, IE's "core" related stuff like using its COM features are still available (with a little help from your admin)
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/ole-com-support-in-microsoft-edge/ecca74bd-ce34-47e1-a08d-cc370c55582f

[AHKStudent]

I can hardly think of any "physical browser"-features (buttons/address bar/???) that you won't be able to use with another browser as well!??
And as said, IE's "core" related stuff like using its COM features are still available (with a little help from your admin)
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/ole-com-support-in-microsoft-edge/ecca74bd-ce34-47e1-a08d-cc370c55582f

with physical browser all I meant was not urldownloadtofile / winhttp etc

The edge solution is a big mess, I tried it, glines was right, it works, it doesn't work etc

[AHKStudent]

any update on this?

[wetware05]

Hi.

Install virtualization on Windows 11, and create a Windows 10 or Windows 7 that has Internet Explorer. A cumbersome path , but perhaps the fastest.

[lexikos]

Besides that IE's COM features (AFAIK) are still working within Win11* ...

* viewtopic.php?f=17&t=80060

iexplore.exe opens edge on win 11

ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application") is still working on my Windows 11 system.

[AHKStudent]

Besides that IE's COM features (AFAIK) are still working within Win11* ...

* viewtopic.php?f=17&t=80060

iexplore.exe opens edge on win 11

ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application") is still working on my Windows 11 system.

Just tested several of my scripts, they all work. Thank You