As IE closes forever next month, does anyone know if this affects the Windows Explorer files (Word, Excel, pdf) that most people use?
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Internet Explorer closing June 15, 2022
- Thread starter TigerForce
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It doesn't. IE is a web browser that everyone should have stopped using years ago. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Firefox is what the average punter would be using now.
I (others) would have always thought that because both use the word 'explorer' they'd be related.
So when IE dies, I won't lose and can still use the WinExp files as I still have Win 7 on this old laptop?
If you still use it, you need to upgrade to a new browser as Baloo mentioned.
I use Chrome so it doesn't bother me, but always wondered if Windows Explorer was connected to IE.
I've done a lot of google searches but nothing convincing and just wanted to get some feedback from here. Just kept on thinking that Windows Explorer being a file manager was somehow connected to Internet Explorer which is a Windows browser. Just confusion with the Windows term.
2 things.
Windows Explorer is a file management programme. Internet Explorer is a web browser. Apart from a similar name I can't see the connection, in fact, this will help because I often refer to Windows Explorer and people think you are talking about a web browser. Not at all the same.
Windows Explorer closing? I presume if you still have it loaded on your computer it will continue to do what it has always done, can't see any reason why it won't.
DS
Windows Explorer is a file management programme. Internet Explorer is a web browser. Apart from a similar name I can't see the connection, in fact, this will help because I often refer to Windows Explorer and people think you are talking about a web browser. Not at all the same.
Windows Explorer closing? I presume if you still have it loaded on your computer it will continue to do what it has always done, can't see any reason why it won't.
DS
