We already know that the IE browser will be “retired” this year. Microsoft wants to promote this matter as soon as possible. It also especially reminded users that the IE browser will be retired on June 15th this year, and emphasized that Edge Contains an integrated IE mode for compatibility purposes, to encourage everyone to upgrade to the new Edge browser.
In other words, while IE will no longer exist as a standalone application, it will continue to exist as part of the Microsoft Edge feature lineup.
But there is still a problem. Microsoft has set the Edge browser as the default browser in Windows 11, but if you choose not to accept the prompt “whether to import browsing data into Edge ” before installing Windows 11, then you upgrade to Windows 11 The original Internet Explorer data may then become inaccessible.
Therefore, Microsoft has applied a compatibility hold to devices affected by this issue to prevent them from accidentally installing or automatically upgrading Windows 11 (Affected devices are devices that use IE11’s primary browser or have IE11 set as the default browser. Protection ID 37820326 if your organization is using update compliance).
If you have not been able to upgrade the Win11 system because of this concern before, now IT Home has good news to tell you. Thanks to the efforts of the developers, this issue was successfully resolved on April 4th.
You just need to update to Microsoft Edge 99.0 and above, for now, to be fixed, for devices that have been upgraded to Windows 11 and those that have already been upgraded to Windows 11, and Microsoft also says it has cancelled those “updated to Edge 99.0 and above” The security measures in “Reserved.
In other words, if there are no other security measures that affect your device updating Windows 11, you may need to wait 48 hours to receive the update push of Windows 11 version 21H2.
This also means that Windows 11 is now available on more eligible PCs (since Microsoft has lifted the aforementioned compatibility hold restrictions).
Microsoft has previously emphasized, “The future of Internet Explorer on Windows is in Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer Mode (IE Mode) provides traditional browser support within Microsoft Edge. Because of this, Internet Explorer for some versions of the Windows 10 11 (IE11) desktop app will be retired on June 15, 2022. This means that the IE11 desktop app will no longer be supported, after which users will be redirected to Microsoft Edge if they try to use it.”