Windows devices may exhibit an issue where Internet Options > Trusted Sites becomes inaccessible. As a workaround, you can configure specific sites to use Microsoft Edge's Internet Explorer mode.
To configure Internet Explorer Mode for Microsoft Edge:
- Download the Microsoft Edge Policy File depending on your platform from .
- Extract the cab file to a zip file, then extract the zip file to reveal the MicrosoftEdgePolicyTemplates folder.
- Copy the file MicrosoftEdgePolicyTemplates/windows/admx/msedge.admx to the following directory: c:\windows\PolicyDefinitions.
- Copy the file MicrosoftEdgePolicyTemplates/windows/adm/en-US/msedge.adm to the following directory:聽c:\windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US.
- Run the Edge browser and in the menu bar enter:聽edge://compat/SiteListManager.听
- The Enterprise Site List Manager appears. 颁濒颈肠办听+ Add a site.
- The Add a site modal appears. Configure the following options:
- In the URL field, enter the URL of the website to be loaded in IE Mode.
- Under Open in, select聽IE Mode.
- Click Add to close the modal.
- Click Export to XML.
- When the export is complete, under Downloads click on the folder icon next to the file to show the explorer window.
- Copy the site list XML file to a permanent location (in this case c:\temp\sites).
- Click Start and in the search bar type edit group policy to run聽Group Policy Editor.
- In the Group Policy Editor, go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Edge.
- In the right pane, double-click on聽Configure Internet Explorer Integration and configure the following settings:
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Enabled
- Under Options, select聽Internet Explorer mode.
- 颁濒颈肠办听OK to close the window.
- In the right pane, double-click on聽Configure the Enterprise Mode Site List and configure the following settings:
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Enabled.
- Under Configure the Enterprise Mode Site List, enter the path to the XML file containing the site list copied in step 10. For this example it is:聽file:///c:/temp/sites/Sites.xml.
- Restart Edge browser.
- Enter the URL of the website in the site list created previously. The site should load with an Internet Explorer icon to the left of the URL indicating that this site is running in IE Mode.
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