Internet explorer reviver

Technology
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there any internet explorer reviver ?
:nerd_face:

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what

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Inrternet explorer end in 2022 and now i want any internet explorer rvier

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1: No.
2: If you’re going to ask for something, atleast learn to spell properly.

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sorry my english is :confused:
very bad

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isnt IE still can be used even in win 10/11

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Without any extra software, you can pop open IE pretty quickly whenever you desire by opening up a PowerShell prompt and executing:

(New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application).Visible = $true

To direct it to a site as well (like google), tweak it like this:

$ie = New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application; $ie.Visible = $true; $ie.Navigate("https://www.google.com")

If you want to make an actual Internet Explorer shortcut, using VBScript is a little better as it avoids window flicker:

Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") : ie.Visible = True : ie.Navigate("https://www.google.com")

Save the above line as “startIE.vbs” in Notepad in a location of your choice, run the file once to make sure it’s working, then finally make a shortcut (right-click vbs file, [If Win11] Show more options, Create Shortcut). Look at the properties of the shortcut to rename and change the icon, you can still find the original icon at C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.

End result is something like this:

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ok wow internet explorer looks kinda cursed on windows 11

im surprised the vbs trick still works, i would’ve thought microsoft had patched that out.

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if the ability for VBS scripts to open IE windows was removed, a bunch of programs would get broken (and there’s nothing microsoft cares about more than compatibility… besides maybe money)

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It did not work :frowning: