Prevent Internet Explorer from Redirecting to Edge

On June 15th, 2022, Microsoft will officially be sunsetting Internet Explorer. This means that Internet Explorer will no longer be accessible on Windows 10 or 11. Recently Windows 10 has been redirecting Internet Explorer requests to Edge. This has prevented Internet Explorer only websites from working properly. Follow the steps below to prevent IE from redirecting to Edge.

Option 1: via Registry

To prevent Internet Explorer from redirecting web sites to Edge, create the following DWORD in the device registry.

1. Open Regedit.
2. Navigate to one of the following keys.
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge to control redirection for the entire machine.
4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Polices\Microsoft\Edge to control redirection for a specific user.
5. Right-click the right-hand pane and select New then click DWORD.
6. Name the DWORD RedirectSitesFromInternetExplorerRedirectMode
7. Restart the machine to force the policy to take effect.

Option 2: via Group Policy

Download the Group Policy Template

1. Navigate to Download Microsoft Edge for business – Microsoft.
2. Scroll down to Download the latest build and version of Edge for Business
3. Under the Windows 64-bit download, click Windows 64-bit Policy
4. When prompted, click Accept and download.
5. When the download finishes, open the CAB file and extract the Zip file.
6. Open the Zip file and extract the Windows\admx\msedge.admx and Windows\admx\msedgeupdate.admx files to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions
7. Back in the Zip file, extract the Windows\admx\en-Us\msedge.adml and Windows\admx\en-Us\msedgeupdate.adml files to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-Us

Create a New Group Policy

1. Open the Group Policy Management Tool.
2. Select where you would like to create a new Group Policy, generally the Domain\Group Policy Objects OU.
3. Right-click the OU and select New.
4. Name the Group Policy then click Ok.
5. Right-click the new Group Policy, then click Edit.
6. Under Computer Configuration or User Configuration, open the Policies group.
7. Open the Administrative Templates group.
8. Open the Microsoft Edge group.
9. Click the Setting column to organize alphabetically.
10. Find and double-click Redirect incompatible sites from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge.
11. When the object window opens, click Enabled.
12. Under Options, select Disabled.
13. Click Apply then Ok.
14. Close the Group Policy Management Editor.

Assign the Group Policy

1. From the Group Policy Management window, find an OU to apply the Group Policy to.
2. Right-click the OU, then click Link an Existing Group Policy.
3. Find and select your Group Policy Object, then click Ok.