

The easiest way to run Internet Explorer, on Windows 11 (build 22000.348 or higher), is with the following three line script (save as LaunchIE.vbs or similar): Set oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") You can also download the pre-built installer: IELauncher-setup.msi Update (Oct 7 2022): I started working on a fork of 's answer, you can find it here: hta file to open it (if asked, select "Open with Microsoft HTML Application Host)Ĭlick the link in the window that will pop up hta file containing the following:ĭouble click the. (select "Launch new Internet Explorer" and specify an url as "about:blank" or "" as startup url) I recently found out that you can start Internet Explorer creating a flow on Microsoft Power Automate.Ĭreate an empty flow, then click on "Browser Automation" and add a "Launch instance of IE" If I have missed anything, please share it in the comments below.As the screenshot at the end of the answer shows, Microsoft has dropped support for Internet Explorer!! Because of this, probably these solution will stop working some time in (near) future.Īlso, after the discussion in the comments, I must admit I'm not sure these solutions really work, even now.īut if you still want to try. Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Direct download links to IE11: Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Direct download links to IE10: Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Direct download links to IE9:

Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 Direct download links to IE8: If you want to test your apps on IE6, you can use services like browserstack for testing. Internet Explorer 6 has been discontinued by Microsoft.

If you are running apps that still require Internet Explorer, we have shared different alternatives that can be used to run Internet Explorer apps. Note: Microsoft has discontinued Internet Explorer in favor of Microsoft Edge. One sign of this is that recently Chrome surpassed the popularity of IE in the US for the first time in history. Internet Explorer is Microsoft’s Internet browser which has improved constantly over the years but the improvements have been quite slow compared to other competing browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. In this article, you will find direct download links to the offline installers of almost all Internet Explorer versions from 6 to 11 along with their service packs and language packs where applicable.
