
Cutting these businesses could mean loads for Microsoft, So they have integrated “IE Mode” into their chromium based “Edge browser”, which is the default browser on Windows 11. Microsoft was expecting a huge cry from the Businesses that use Oracle Applications/legacy implementations those cost millions of dollars and fine tuned for Internet Explorer.

Well, this enhancement is not available for Application versions 11 & 12.0.xx Oracle Applications has patched the latest releases with a technology called JWS (Java Web Start), that let’s the users to download a jnlp file from the application and Oracle Java Run Time to start in desktop mode (without being loaded in a browser session) loading Oracle Forms. How does this matter to Businesses those use Oracle Application versions 11 & 12.0.xx? Well, currently Internet Explorer is the only one browser that allows to load Oracle JRE (NPAPI client) for Oracle Forms, on which much of the Oracle module rely. Once this entry expires, you must get the “Open this page in Internet Explorer mode next time” dialog box once again.Īfter 25 years ever since it was launched, Windows 11 will be the first OS that is not shipping with Internet Explorer. Microsoft is expecting you to modernize your “page” within those next 30 days ). Toggling the switch to “Open this page in Internet Explorer mode next time” in the “ Step# 2” adds an entry to “Internet Explorer mode pages” area for your current page and the entry is valid for next 30 days.

Just click the toolbar button and your Oracle Application login page will be loaded in “Internet Explorer mode” immediately. This is an interesting button, clicking that starts showing a small tool button in the tools area and the button will reload the current page in “Internet Explorer mode”. It asks you to leave the Internet Explorer mode and another button “Show in toolbar”. Toggle “Open this page in Internet Explorer mode next time” and click “Done” button, that will produce more notifications like the one you could see with the below image. This will open another dialog box as seen with the above image. Once loaded, click on the “three dots” menu by the extreme right of the browser and select “Reload in Internet Explorer mode” Now enter the address of your Oracle Application in the address bar and wait for the login page to load. Go to Edge settings (type edge://settings in the address bar and select “Default Browser”Ĭhange “ Allow sites to be reloaded in the Internet Explorer mode” to “Allow”, that will require you to restart the browser. Updated on 8th October 2021 for Microsoft Edge Version 94.0.x.x & for Windows 11 that comes without Internet Explorer (or it doesn’t allow you to start Internet Explorer)Ī much easier method is available with versions later than the one I used earlier.
