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IT/Admin Guide for Edge Settings for Wisconsin County Agencies

Published on May 21, 2022

This page is intended to provide agency IT staff with general comments and instructions for using CARES applications with Microsoft Edge.

Table of Contents

  1. Understanding Internet Explorer Compatibility in Edge.
  2. Internet Explorer Compatibility in Edge
  3. Enable JavaScript
  4. Enable Pop-ups and redirects
  5. PDF Documents
  6. Disable Mini menu when selecting text

1.Understanding Internet Explorer Compatibility in Edge

IE mode on Microsoft Edge makes it easy to use all the sites your organization needs in a single browser. It uses the integrated Chromium engine for modern sites, and it uses the Trident MSHTML engine from Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for legacy sites.

When a site loads in IE mode, the IE logo indicator displays on the left side of navigation bar. Only those sites that you specifically configure (via policy) will use IE mode, all other sites will be rendered as modern web sites.

2. Internet Explorer Compatibility in Edge

Instructions in this section show how to turn Compatibility View off for the whole domain, and how to turn it on for subdomains.

2.1. Turn Compatibility View Off

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Turn Compatibility View Off

    Figure 1 - Turn Compatibility View Off

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Turn Compatibility View Off

    Figure 2 - Turn Compatibility View Off

  3. Select Default Browser from the left-hand side navigation.
    Figure 3 - Turn Compatibility View Off

    Figure 3 - Turn Compatibility View Off

  4. Under Internet Explorer Compatibility scroll down to Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode and select Don't Allow from the dropdown.
    Figure 1 - Compatibility View Settings

    Figure 4 - Turn Compatibility View Off

  5. Restart the browser.

2.2. Turn Compatibility View On

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Turn Compatibility View On

    Figure 1 - Turn Compatibility View On

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Turn Compatibility View On

    Figure 2 - Turn Compatibility View On

  3. Select Default Browser from the left-hand side navigation.
    Figure 3 - Turn Compatibility View On

    Figure 3 - Turn Compatibility View On

  4. Under Internet Explorer Compatibility scroll down to Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode and select Allow from the dropdown.
    Figure 4 - Turn Compatibility View On

    Figure 4 - Turn Compatibility View On

  5. Restart the browser.

3. Enable JavaScript

JavaScript is a programming language that runs in the users' web browser and is needed to properly run several CARES applications.

Steps to enable JavaScript:

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Enable JavaScript

    Figure 1 - Enable JavaScript

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Enable JavaScript

    Figure 2 - Enable JavaScript

  3. Select Cookies and site permissions on the left-hand side navigation and scroll down under Site permission until you see JavaScript and select it.
    Figure 3 - Enable JavaScript

    Figure 3 - Enable JavaScript

  4. Check Allowed (recommended).
    Figure 4 - Enable JavaScript

    Figure 4 - Enable JavaScript

  5. Restart the browser.

4. Enable Pop-ups and redirects

Enabling pop-ups and redirects is required in the CARES applications. This setting enables user to view pop-up windows in the application.

Steps to enable Pop-ups and redirects:

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

    Figure 1 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

    Figure 2 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

  3. Select Cookies and site permissions on the left-hand side navigation and scroll down under Site permission until you see Pop-ups and Redirects and select it.
    Figure 3 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

    Figure 3 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

  4. Uncheck Block (recommended). .
    Figure 4 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

    Figure 4 - Enable Pop-ups and redirects

  5. Restart the browser.

5. PDF documents

5.1. Disable Always download PDF Document

Disabling this setting provides user to open the PDF document in the browser without downloading it.

Steps to disable this Open PDF Document:

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Disable Always download PDF Document

    Figure 1 - Disable Always download PDF Document

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Disable Always download PDF Document

    Figure 2 - Disable Always download PDF Document

  3. Select Cookies and site permissions on the left-hand side navigation and scroll down under Site permission until you see PDF documents and select it.
    Figure 3 - Disable Always download PDF Document

    Figure 3 - Disable Always download PDF Document

  4. Uncheck the highlighted option shown in the below screenshot.
    Figure 4 - Disable Always download PDF Document

    Figure 4 - Disable Always download PDF Document

  5. Restart the browser.

5.2. Always open First page of the PDF document

Disabling this setting provides user to always open the first page of the PDF.

Steps to disable PDF View Settings:

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Always open First page of the PDF document

    Figure 1 - Always open First page of the PDF document

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Always open First page of the PDF document

    Figure 2 - Always open First page of the PDF document

  3. Select Cookies and site permissions on the left-hand side navigation and scroll down under Site permission until you see PDF documents and select it.
    Figure 3 - Always open First page of the PDF document

    Figure 3 - Always open First page of the PDF document

  4. Uncheck the highlighted option shown in the below screenshot.
    Figure 4 - Always open First page of the PDF document

    Figure 4 - Always open First page of the PDF document

  5. Restart the browser.

6. Disable mini menu when selecting text

When user selects any text in the browser mini menu will be displayed. This mini menu will provide the options to the user same as right click on the browser.

Steps to disable mini menu:

  1. Click on 3 dots on the right-hand side top corner of the browser.
    Figure 1 - Disable mini menu when selecting text

    Figure 1 - Disable mini menu when selecting text

  2. Click on Settings .
    Figure 2 - Disable mini menu when selecting text

    Figure 2 - Disable mini menu when selecting text

  3. Select Accessibility from the left-hand side navigation and scroll down under Make Microsoft Edge easier to use and uncheck Show mini menu when selecting text .
    Figure 3 - Disable mini menu when selecting text

    Figure 3 - Disable mini menu when selecting text

  4. Restart the browser.

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