Trying to get Microsoft Edge Legacy working on Windows 11


Lights_

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Hello Everyone, I am attempting to get Microsoft Edge Legacy up and running on Windows 11 and here is where I am at

  • I have uninstalled Chromium Edge
  • I have copied the Legacy Edge files from a copy of Windows 10 2004
  • I have deleted the AppData files for Edge
  • I have ran the following powershell commands
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($    .InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
  • I have disabled CodeIntergirty by using this trick Test your Windows app for Windows 10 S - MSIX
And edge does open but all the UI elements are not showing and it will eventually crash, I have determined that it may rely on the Windows.UI.Xaml.dll file, as it was used for rendering many of the UI elements, so how would I go about adding the UI elements from here to Windows 11? Any help will be appreciated.

This error log may also be useful so I will include it here too - Spartan crashes on Windows 11 · Issue #2 · Legacy-Edge/Legacy-Edge-Launcher

Again any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
Windows Build/Version
22H2 Build 22621.1265

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Use regSrv32 FileName.dll from an elevated Command Prompt to make available a specific .dll library for the system.

The Legacy Edge is no longer supported by Microsoft, and they have apparently removed the files to get it to work on the OS.
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600
    Motherboard
    MSI B550-A Pro
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon RX 6500XT (8 GB version)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ Mobuiz EX2710Q QHD, Iiyama ProLite X23377HDS
    Hard Drives
    MSI Spatium M461 4TB
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer A114
    CPU
    Intel Celeron N4020
iko22 said:
Use regSrv32 FileName.dll from an elevated Command Prompt to make available a specific .dll library for the system.

The Legacy Edge is no longer supported by Microsoft, and they have apparently removed the files to get it to work on the OS.
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I went ahead and tried that but the DLL will not load it keeps saying it is invalid even thoguh I have litreally copied it from the Windows folder from my Windows 10 machine. Is there anything else I can try?
 

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    Windows 10
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    Dell
    CPU
    Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3
    Motherboard
    Dell Percision T1700
    Memory
    24GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    RX 580 8GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC280
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2421HN, Dell 1907FP
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    1920x1080, 1280x1024
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    Samsung 870 EVO 250GB
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Check File Permissions, that the user has Full Control of FileName.dll.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600
    Motherboard
    MSI B550-A Pro
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon RX 6500XT (8 GB version)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ Mobuiz EX2710Q QHD, Iiyama ProLite X23377HDS
    Hard Drives
    MSI Spatium M461 4TB
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer A114
    CPU
    Intel Celeron N4020
iko22 said:
Check File Permissions, that the user has Full Control of FileName.dll.
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I've gone ahead and checked and everything looks good, still isn't working unfortunately
 

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    Motherboard
    Dell Percision T1700
    Memory
    24GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    RX 580 8GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC280
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2421HN, Dell 1907FP
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080, 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 870 EVO 250GB
    Samsung 870 EVO 500GB
    Seagate Barracuda 1TB
    PSU
    Dell OEM PSU
    Case
    Dell Percision T1700
    Keyboard
    Logitech G513
    Mouse
    Razer Deathadder Expert
    Internet Speed
    50MBPS
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender

Is there any way to still run Edge Legacy in Windows 10 (or 11)? - Windows 10 Help Forums

You used to be able to run both Edge Legacy and Edge Chromium by enabling the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\EdgeUpdate\\: Allowsxs (DWORD) set to 1 After the April 2021 update (19041.928), Edge Legacy was forcibly remove
www.tenforums.com www.tenforums.com

from this guy's post there:

So I learned that the reason Edge Legacy no longer runs is due to it being added to Windows Code Integrity, which shuts it down immediately if it's started up.

It will run if you disable Code Integrity, which is an extremely risky thing to do.

Unless someone knows of a way to unblock just Edge Legacy from Windows Code Integrity, then I guess this is a loss for users, and a win for Microsoft. It's a pretty scary thing to me that they can just prevent users from running code like this, I wonder what this means for the future?
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  • OS
    windows 10 ltsc
Lights_ said:
Hello Everyone, I am attempting to get Microsoft Edge Legacy up and running on Windows 11 and here is where I am at

  • I have uninstalled Chromium Edge
  • I have copied the Legacy Edge files from a copy of Windows 10 2004
  • I have deleted the AppData files for Edge
  • I have ran the following powershell commands
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($    .InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
  • I have disabled CodeIntergirty by using this trick Test your Windows app for Windows 10 S - MSIX
And edge does open but all the UI elements are not showing and it will eventually crash, I have determined that it may rely on the Windows.UI.Xaml.dll file, as it was used for rendering many of the UI elements, so how would I go about adding the UI elements from here to Windows 11? Any help will be appreciated.

This error log may also be useful so I will include it here too - Spartan crashes on Windows 11 · Issue #2 · Legacy-Edge/Legacy-Edge-Launcher

Again any help will be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
i tried the same on windows 10 22h2 but edge opens but closes at the second opened
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Lights_ said:
Hello Everyone, I am attempting to get Microsoft Edge Legacy up and running on Windows 11 and here is where I am at

  • I have uninstalled Chromium Edge
  • I have copied the Legacy Edge files from a copy of Windows 10 2004
  • I have deleted the AppData files for Edge
  • I have ran the following powershell commands
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($    .InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
  • I have disabled CodeIntergirty by using this trick Test your Windows app for Windows 10 S - MSIX
And edge does open but all the UI elements are not showing and it will eventually crash, I have determined that it may rely on the Windows.UI.Xaml.dll file, as it was used for rendering many of the UI elements, so how would I go about adding the UI elements from here to Windows 11? Any help will be appreciated.

This error log may also be useful so I will include it here too - Spartan crashes on Windows 11 · Issue #2 · Legacy-Edge/Legacy-Edge-Launcher

Again any help will be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Why?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 build 10.0.26635.3566 Beta
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 14 5430
    CPU
    Intel i7-1355U
    Motherboard
    Dell 0GMW80
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 14" and LG Ultrawide 26"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200 and 2560 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB NVME Gen 4 M.2 SSD
    PSU
    Dell
    Case
    Dell
    Cooling
    Dell
    Keyboard
    Dell KM3322W
    Mouse
    Dell Trackpad or Dell KM3322W
    Internet Speed
    900mb down / 400mb up FTTP
    Browser
    Edge 124.0.2478.67 Beta
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Windows 365
    1TB OneDrive
    Outlook
    Visual Studio Code
    Visual Studio
    Python 3.12.2
    Macrium Reflect
    Dell Update
    MyDell
    Dell SupportAssist
    Dell TB16 Thunderbolt dock
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Tablet
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro 7
    CPU
    Core i5 - 1035G4
    Motherboard
    Microsoft
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Plus
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Surface touch
    Screen Resolution
    2736 x 1824
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    PSU
    Microsoft
    Case
    Microsoft Keyboard
    Cooling
    None
    Mouse
    Microsoft Arc Intellimouse
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Surface Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    900mb / 400mb FTTP
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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