var oIE = new ActiveXObject("InternetExplorer.Application");
var URLname1 = ";;
var URLname2 = ";;
var navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000;
oIE.Visible = true;
oIE.Navigate2(URLname1);
oIE.Navigate2(URLname2, navOpenInBackgroundTab);

Above is a bit of code in my javascript file (launch.js) that launches Internet Explorer with a specific webpage and then opens a new tab in the same browser window using a 2nd URL.

How do you launch the Microsoft Edge browser instead of IE in Windows 10 using ActiveXObject() or another similar method? I cannot find the InternetExplorer.Application equivalent for Microsoft Edge.

var oIE = new ActiveXObject("InternetExplorer.Application");
var URLname1 = "http://www.google.";
var URLname2 = "http://www.bing.";
var navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000;
oIE.Visible = true;
oIE.Navigate2(URLname1);
oIE.Navigate2(URLname2, navOpenInBackgroundTab);

Above is a bit of code in my javascript file (launch.js) that launches Internet Explorer with a specific webpage and then opens a new tab in the same browser window using a 2nd URL.

How do you launch the Microsoft Edge browser instead of IE in Windows 10 using ActiveXObject() or another similar method? I cannot find the InternetExplorer.Application equivalent for Microsoft Edge.

• javascript
• internet-explorer
• activex
• windows-10
• microsoft-edge

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• Microsoft Edge no longer supports ActiveX blogs.windows./msedgedev/2015/05/06/… Where are you lanching the launch.js from? – securecodeninja Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 20:18
• Hi Roman. I'm executing the script .js file from my desktop. So the javescript code itself is being executed by Window's JavaScript Runtime and not Edge or IE. – Castaa Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 21:42
• so it's like you're double clicking the .js file from the desktop or does it get executed on Windows startup? – securecodeninja Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 21:48
• I'm double clicking, yes. – Castaa Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 21:56

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Windows 10 provides URI schema for lauching Microsoft Egde from any browser. We dont use AcitveXObject at all.

Just include microsoft-edge protocol handler before your URL.

How I resolved it

function openLinkInIE(url){
  window.open("microsoft-edge:"+ url);
}

Create an instance of the WSH Shell object instead:

var oShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
oShell.Run("cmd.exe /C start microsoft-edge:http://www.microsoft.");