Second, Microsoft’s replacement for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, is not available for Windows XP. Even though the new Chromium-based edition of Edge is available on mac. OS and mobile devices, there’s no way to use Edge on Windows XP. Most alternative browsers have dropped support for Windows XP as well.
The new Microsoft Edge uses the same engine that Chromium uses, hence the fact that it’s not gonna run on XP. As to the other version of Edge, the old one, sure thing it had its own engine, but the whole programme was made with Windows 10 and 10 only APIs which means that it’s strictly interconnected with the host operating system (Win10).
These operating systems are out of support and Microsoft recommends you move to a supported operating system such as Windows 10. While Microsoft Edge helps keep you more secure on the web, your PC may still be vulnerable to security risks.
The final version will be released on January 14, in 7 and 8.1 it will be installed as a normal browser, and in 10 it will replace the system EDGE without the possibility of removal. The ability to run it in XP is the same as vanilla chrome, i., and e., and null.
Will microsoft edge support silverlight?
Support for Silverlight has been removed in Microsoft Edge. But Microsoft continues to support Silverlight and Silverlight out-of-browser apps can continues to use it. Silverlight will also continue to be supported in IE 11. Please read below blog from Microsoft Edge Team.
This begs the query “Is it possible to use Silverlight with edge?”
Right now, Silverlight doesnt work with Edge. But you can still using Silverlight if you open it with IE11 Yes, this is another case where Microsoft provides a great technology only to give up on it when folks like Google and Apple so arrogantly poo-poo everything Microsoft does.
Is Microsoft Silverlight still supported?
Microsoft Silverlight will reach the end of support on October 12, 2021. Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, with support for Internet Explorer 10 ending on January 31, 2020. There is no longer support for Chrome, Firefox, or any browser using the Mac operating system.
Moreover, is it possible to install Silverlight in 2021?
However, the Silverlight installer will no longer be available after the end of support date of October 12, 2021 . Hope that works for you. If that is not the case, please kindly revert back so we could work towards resolving it.
Is the Silverlight mapping control compatible with Internet Explorer?
Until the Silverlight Mapping Control is replaced with a version that works in all browsers, users can use Microsoft Edge which has backward compatibility mode to IE.