Microsoft released the first version of Windows 10 without the program Internet Explorer browser for Insiders watching the Dev Channel.
“The Internet Explorer 11 app has been retired from this release Insider Preview," said Amanda Langowski and Brandon LeBlanc of Microsoft.
As Microsoft announced on Wednesday, Internet Explorer 11 will be permanently withdrawn from several versions of Windows 10 and will be replaced by Microsoft Edge in June 2022.
After the browser's retirement date next year, Internet Explorer will turn off and automatically redirect users to Microsoft Edge when someone tries to open it.
However, the old web browser will "work" through the IE mode of Microsoft Edge that will be supported at least until 2029.
It can be enabled from the internal URL edge://settings/defaultbrowser. There, turn on the option 'Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer,' and restartmovement in the browser.
“Microsoft Edge has built-in Internet Explorer mode ('IE mode') so you can access to legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and apps directly from Microsoft Edge,” said Sean Lyndersay, Director of the Microsoft Edge Partner Group.
"With Microsoft Edge capable of taking on this responsibility and more, Internet Explorer 11 will be retired on June 15, 2022, for some versions of Windows 10."
More information about Edge IE functionality and compatibility can be found in the video below.
The latest Dev version of Windows 10 also removes the "Eco mode" feature
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21387 released today also disables Task's “Eco mode” Managers released last month to allow users to kill resource-consuming processes to free up memory and CPU for other tasks.
This feature was released to some Insiders on the Dev Channel to help Microsoft identify issues that could affect performance and reliability.
After asking Insiders to comment on the new feature, Microsoft removed it.
This version of Windows 10 comes with many fixes in stability and performance :. Read it changelog.
