PC World - USA (2021-06)

100 PCWorld JUNE 2022

HERE’S HOW

IMAGE: MICROSOFT

M

icrosoft has been gradually

edging away from Internet

Explorer for years now. The

company has instead been

pushing the growth of its faster and more

secure web browser, Microsoft Edge. In fact,

Microsoft is officially retiring Internet Explorer

(fave.co/3DVLdhl) on June 15, 2022.

There’s no need to worry about those old

sites (fave.co/3FXBhpy) that don’t work well

on modern browsers, though. Microsoft

Edge includes a feature called Internet

Explorer Mode. This feature was primarily

designed for businesses that need to load

internal sites without having to update or

redesign them, but it also works for the

average person just wanting to experience

older sites that haven’t been updated for

modern browsers.

To use Internet Explorer Mode in Edge,

launch Edge and click the ellipsis (...) button in

the top-right corner of the window. In the

How to Use Internet Explorer

Mode in Microsoft Edge

Kick it old school. BY MARSHALL GUNNELL