So I discovered something bizarre completely by accident. You can load Internet Explorer in Windows 11 without using Microsoft Edge.
I installed a serial monitor app, and the installer launched a HTML document. Not sure how this bypassed the Edge redirect, but it did.
![](https://andystechblog.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-1024x632.png)
You can browse the internet as normal too…
![](https://andystechblog.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-1-1024x577.png)
I’ve attempted a various number of things via the command prompt and none seem to allow me to just open the page in iexplore.exe.
![](https://andystechblog.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-2-1024x547.png)
Mind blown.