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Copper Contributor

Feb 18, 2020

IE Site list mode not working

Hello, I'm trying to use the Enterprise Site List in Edge chromium. I read and followed the instructions and set the GP settings as mentioned in the MS instructions page. The site list xml file ...

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IE Enterprise Site List mode

Shilpa_Subramanian
Feb 20, 2020
eladz6 That is odd. We can take a look. Can you please send us the following -

1. A screenshot of edge://compat/iediagnostic

2. Start Edge with the command line "msedge.exe --enable-logging --v=1 --vmodule=*/dual_engine/*"

This will create a log in "%localappdata%\microsoft\Edge<Canary/Dev/Beta>\user data\chrome_debug.log"

This log is human readable and will contain URLs. Please proof read to ensure there is no PII information included before you share back with us.

Feel free to share the log via Private Message if you prefer.

Thanks!

Shilpa_Subramanian

Microsoft

eladz6 I misread your initial post.

Sites configured to open in IE mode through the site list will load in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) on the same tab. The only indicator that the site is in IE mode is the IE11 icon on the top left next to the Refresh button.

It looks like you are expecting the site to open in the IE11 standalone app and not in Edge. If this is correct, you will need to add an additional attribute to the <open-in> tag.

<open-in app="true">IE11</open-in>

eladz6

Copper Contributor

Feb 20, 2020

Shilpa_Subramanian Thank you, but no, that's not the issue - I want the site to open in MSEdge using the IE engine. Since that didn't work, I tried the open in IE option, but that didn't work either.

The sites in the site list still open only in Edge with the Chromium engine, despite all settings set to open them using the IE engine.

Any ideas on how to resolve this, or check why it's not working as expected?

Shilpa_Subramanian
Microsoft
Feb 20, 2020
eladz6 That is odd. We can take a look. Can you please send us the following -

1. A screenshot of edge://compat/iediagnostic

2. Start Edge with the command line "msedge.exe --enable-logging --v=1 --vmodule=*/dual_engine/*"

This will create a log in "%localappdata%\microsoft\Edge<Canary/Dev/Beta>\user data\chrome_debug.log"

This log is human readable and will contain URLs. Please proof read to ensure there is no PII information included before you share back with us.

Feel free to share the log via Private Message if you prefer.

Thanks!
- eladz6
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 23, 2020
  Shilpa_Subramanian Attached. Thank you.
  
  I see in the log the following, after I placed www.google.com in the SiteList file:
  
  "Site found on sitelist. engine == Edge, allow-redirect == 0, for_redirect == 0, IsHostingInternetExplorer == 0, IsRemoteDebugging == 0 for: https://www.google.com/"
  
  So it seems it does recognize the site list, but uses the wrong engine (Edge instead of IE).
  
  I got the same results when setting the SiteList XML file to open the site with IE11, as well.
  
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  - Shilpa_Subramanian
    Microsoft
    Feb 24, 2020
    eladz6 Thanks for sharing the logs. Can you resend the log file when you change the XML entry to be IE11 for google.com? Here's guidance:
    
    1. Update the site list XML entry as follows:
    
    <site url="www.google.com">
    
    <open-in>IE11</open-in>
    
    </site>
    
    2. Once you make this change, go to edge://compat/enterprise and click on Force Update next to the XML location.
    
    The list should update and you'll see the column for Engine read IE11 for the google.com entry.
    
    3. Once this is complete, try navigating to google.com from Edge using the command line to retrieve the log again.
    
    Thanks!