Is it ok to delete this key or to modify it - IE to Edge issue Topic is solved

[AHKStudent]

Windows 10 has become a lot more aggressive in pushing people to Edge. Now, every few times my script runs it pops up Edge with a note and sometimes it will run IE with visibility even if it is marked visibility false. These are scripts that I have been running for years without issue.

In the registry there are two keys

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Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\IEToEdge\UpsellDisabled
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\IEToEdge\QuietExpirationTime

I set the UpsellDisabled to 1 and had no issues since (for 3 days). Does anyone know what the QuietExpirationTime is? Can you delete it or modify it? It uses a 18 digit number for the date info (18-digit LDAP/FILETIME timestamp) and currently shows a date of last week.

[mikeyww]

Why not try it? You can always restore the key.

Perhaps it relates to quiet notifications. https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/07/23/reducing-distractions-quiet-notification-requests/

Every few times my script runs it pops up Edge with a note

Feel free to post a script if you want various readers to examine it.

If you are actually running IE, then you should switch to Edge, as my understanding has been that Microsoft has been phasing out IE. You might have been running the scripts for years, but MS has evolved since that time!

Alternative: run everything you have on Windows XP.

[AHKStudent]

Why not try it? You can always restore the key.

Perhaps it relates to quiet notifications. https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/07/23/reducing-distractions-quiet-notification-requests/

Every few times my script runs it pops up Edge with a note

Feel free to post a script if you want various readers to examine it.

If you are actually running IE, then you should switch to Edge, as my understanding has been that Microsoft has been phasing out IE. You might have been running the scripts for years, but MS has evolved since that time!

Alternative: run everything you have on Windows XP.

thanks for that helpful link.