Get Internet Explorer back on Windows 10

The single biggest complaint I hear about Windows 10 is that the default browser is now Edge.  You can actually change this pretty easily if you use only a computer or two.  Unfortunately, this is a user profile setting and must be done for each user on each computer.  That being said, let’s get started.

First, close any open applications.

If you want to remove Edge from the taskbar to prevent accidently using it, right click on the Edge taskbar icon

Edge Icon
Edge Icon

and select Unpin from task bar.

UnpinEdgeFromTaskBar

Click on the start icon and select settings to start the Settings App.

StartIcon
Start Icon
Start Menu
Start Menu
Settings App
Settings App

Then type “default web” and you will be able to select “Choose a default web browser”.

Windows10Settingsdefaultweb

Windows10SettingsDefaultAppEdge

Click on Microsoft Edge and select Internet Explorer.

Windows10SettingsDefaultAppSelectIE

Windows10SettingsDefaultAppIE

Close the settings window.

Click on start and type google.com. This will now start Internet Explorer. Once it is started, a new icon will be on the task bar. Right click on it and select Pin to taskbar.

IETaskBarIconIEPinToTaskbar

Most users will want to drag the icon to the left for consistency.

That’s it.


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