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Open in IE™ by Alex

Open links in Internet Explorer

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<a href="https://mybrowseraddon.com/open-in-ie.html">Open in IE™</a> addon gives you the ability to open any link in an Internet Explorer page from Firefox.

<b>Note 1</b>: (v0.1.2) after installing the addon, you need to connect it with native applications (i.e. IE) on your machine. In order to make this connection, a separate patch is provided in GitHub. Please download and install this patch from <a href="https://github.com/alexmarcoo/open-in-native-client/releases">here</a>.

Follow the instruction in the above GitHub page to download and install the related patch to your system. After installing, the "Open in IE™" addon in your Chrome browser can communicate with IE on your machine (Window, Linux or Mac).

<b>Note 2</b>: before using the addon, please open the option's page and make sure the path to IE is correct based on your Operating System. For example, the path to IE in Window 10 is: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Next, please follow the below steps to open desired links in IE.

a. right click on any link and then click on the Open link in IE (from the context-menu).
b. you can choose to open the window in private (incognito) or normal mode (see addon's options page).
c. It captures the link from any text content within the page (i.e. for those links that are not hyperlinked).
d. you can set the IE path in your machine from the options page.

<b>Note 3</b>: Open in IE™ addon does NOT belong or related to Microsoft corp at all. It is an unofficial extension that is developed and maintained independently by its author. Internet Explorer is a registered trademark of Microsoft.

<b>Note 4</b>: in order to report any Bug, please fill the Bug report form in the addon's <a href="https://mybrowseraddon.com/open-in-ie.html">homepage</a>.
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Version
0.1.6
Size
35.13 KB
Last updated
3 months ago (May 12, 2025)
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