Microsoft also spelled out several caveats about the Blocker Toolkit, including:
"The Blocker Toolkit will not expire," Microsoft pledged. company did not do that with the Edge toolkit. This support document contains detailed instructions for both methods.Īlthough Microsoft usually set time limits on the use of past IE blockers - forcing everyone on unmanaged PCs to eventually succumb to the newer browser - the Redmond, Wash.
"All attempts to launch the old version will redirect the user to the newly installed version of Microsoft Edge."īoth Edge versions can be run simultaneously if an organization's IT staff sets the Allow Microsoft Edge Side by Side browser experience policy to "Enabled."Īlternately, users themselves can create a dual-browser setup by running the Blocker Toolkit's executable (which retains Original-Edge) and then downloading and installing the Beta build of Chromium Edge. "When the new version of Microsoft Edge is installed, the old version (Microsoft Edge Legacy) will be hidden," Microsoft said in another support document. Original-Edge will remain on the system after Chromium-Edge has been added to the device. However, Chromium-Edge will still be downloaded and installed on machines where a rival browser has been made the default. Previously, Microsoft had promised it would honour the PC's default browser setting. The process will begin January 15 absent problems, Microsoft will scale up the rollout from there. Microsoft will use the silent approach for Chromium-Edge as well, pushing the browser to customers without seeking approval beforehand. Before then, Microsoft had asked for user permission before upgrading IE from one version to the next, even if Windows' Automatic Updates were enabled. In late 2011, Microsoft announced it would silently upgrade IE to the newest version suitable for a user's version of Windows. The toolkits became progressively more important because Microsoft accelerated the IE development and release tempo and changed how it distributed the browser. Microsoft issued similar toolkits for IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11 prior to the public release of those browsers, usually as a sop to business customers who don't want to disrupt workflows with a new application they has not yet tested.
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