Open Microsoft Edge browser and click on the 3-dots menu button present at the right-side of the toolbar. If you want to disable this automatic redirection feature, following steps will help you:ġ. The redirection from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge will be removed completely and permanently.

Once you disable this feature, you’ll be able to open incompatible websites in Internet Explorer window and Microsoft Edge will stop automatically opening them. So with the help of this built-in option, you can prevent or restrict Microsoft Edge from taking over IE and automatically opening incompatible websites.

PROBLEM SOLUTION:įortunately, Microsoft Edge comes with an option in its Settings which can be modified to disable or turn off this automatic redirection feature. Sometimes the user manually installs the browser and sometimes the browser is automatically installed via Windows Update. Remember this will happen only if Microsoft Edge browser is installed in a computer system. This add-on helps the BHO (Browser Helper Object) in checking all websites for incompatibility issues with Internet Explorer and if it finds a website incompatible with Internet Explorer, it closes Internet Explorer and redirects the website to Microsoft Edge browser. You can check it using “ Tools -> Manage add-ons” option in Internet Explorer. While investigating the issue, I noticed that Microsoft Edge installs an add-on or extension in Internet Explorer with the name “ IEToEdge BHO“. Newer versions of Microsoft Edge web browser come with this feature built-in which automatically takes over Internet Explorer whenever it detects a user is trying to open an incompatible website in Internet Explorer. So basically, you can’t open those incompatible websites in Internet Explorer browser. You can click on the “ Set as default browser” button present in the notification bar to set Microsoft Edge as default web browser in your computer system or you can click on Close (x) button to remove the notification banner.Īfter it, whenever you try to open an incompatible website in Internet Explorer, it automatically redirects the website to Microsoft Edge web browser. We recommend switching over to Microsoft Edge completely for an uninterrupted experience. Some websites no longer work with Internet Explorer.

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