Actually, there is officially no longer any support for Internet Explorer 11 for the Windows 10 operating system. This means that updates are no longer released and its use therefore entails some dangers. Using an unsupported explorer doesn’t make much sense, but apparently that’s exactly what many Windows 10 customers do. In February, however, this should finally be over, because Microsoft is pulling the ripcord and wants to permanently disable Internet Explorer 11 as part of the security update for Windows 10 on February 14, 2023. In addition, Internet Explorer 11 is also to be permanently deactivated with regard to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, whose extended support will also expire at the beginning of the new year.
There is some information from the Techcommunity forum on how to proceed. It states: “All IE11 activity, including shortcuts that use IE11 and invoke the iexplore.exe binary, will be redirected to Microsoft Edge. Launching shortcuts or file shortcuts using IE11 are redirected to open the same file/URL in Microsoft Edge. The IE11 icons in the start menu and taskbar will be removed.”
End of support doesn’t stop Windows 10 users from using Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft originally stopped technical support for Internet Explorer 11 in June of this year, but many Windows 10 users don’t seem to have been particularly interested. Microsoft would now like to draw a line in this regard and is therefore announcing the permanent deactivation of Internet Explorer 11. As an alternative, it is recommended to deal with IE mode in Microsoft Edge.