Questions tagged [modern.ie]

modern.ie is today Microsoft Edge Developer Website! It contains free tools for cross-browser testing like preconfigured virtual machines for several virtualisation providers (Virtualbox, VMware, HyperV,Parallels, Vagrant), Microsoft`s browsers Edge and Internet Explorer (IE) from IE11 to IE8 and more. All tools and VMs are free and can be used cross-platform - even on a Mac.

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Modern IE Windows 10 Virtualbox for Mac Zip file corrupt

I have been downloading the zip file containing the Windows 10 virtual machine for Virtualbox on Mac several times from the website below: http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/mac/ It unzips to a .cpgz file, when you extract that file it results in a zip…
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How to import a modern.ie vm into Hyper-V

I'm trying modern.IE for the first time. The instructions say to download the vm for the appropriate OS (which I have done). Then to extract the exe/rar files. Then to import the vm. I opened hyper-v manager, clicked Import Virtual Machine,…
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ModernIE VM Windows 10 for Parallels won't run

I'm attempting to get the Modern IE VM for Windows 10 with IE 11 to run in Parallels 10.2 on Mac OS X 10.10.3. I have downloaded it multiple times, using both the single zip and multiple file methods. When I start it I get Recovery Your…
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Can't access localhost from OSX VirtualBox Windows 8.1 IE11

I have consulted some references already: Running ie on your mac free This thread And this thread I am using OSX 10.10.5 and VirtualBox 5.0.16. I am trying to debug some web apps on IE11 using the free virtual machine that Microsoft provides from…
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How to access local host from vmware on mac?

How can I access local host from vmware on mac? I have Modern IE image running in vm ware. I want to be able to access localhost address from the iE. I have the following in my /etc/hosts file on my mac: 127.0.0.1 example.example.com 127.0.0.1…
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Installing Softwares on modern.ie VMs

I've to use Windows for a college course and I was thinking of getting the Modern.ie VMs. However, before going for the massive download, I want to ascertain whether or not it actually contains a full Windows- meaning can I install softwares…
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Which Ubuntu package needs to be installed to use ModernIE Vms?

I have downloaded the .sfx file for IE8 from modern.ie and followed the instructions on the site, to give the file executable permission. But when running it I get an error about a missing shared library. ./IE8.WinXP.For.LinuxVirtualBox.sfx: error…
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Is it possible to enable WinRM in a Modern.ie VM or Vagrant Box by repackaging it with Packer?

There are these free like free beer virtual machines (VM) from Microsoft which one can download from modern.ie and use for testing or whatever. And there is this nice Gist on Github which explains how to enable WinRM support on that VMs.…
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How to change default admin user name and password of a modern.ie Windows 10 virtual machine (VM) manually and/or programmatically?

Intention I would like to use a Windows 10 virtual machine (VM) downloaded from Microsoft´s modern.ie website with Vagrant. Although Microsoft provides a download option which is prepared for Vagrant (s. picture 01) it actually can't be used out of…
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Does the RemoteIE EdgeHTML engine render sites just like the Edge Browser on Windows 10?

I'm using the RemoteIE application (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/remote/) to render a HTML page that contains a CSS3 SVG animation. Just like in IE11, the animation does not work. In the last versions of firefox &…
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IE virtual machine files are broken

I downloaded IE11 and IE10 virtual machines for VirtualBox from MS Edge page. https://dev.windows.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/ But the zip files seems to be broken. Unzip command shows: $ zipinfo IE11.zip Archive: IE11.zip 5314224734…
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aws ec2 modern.ie image upload

Has anyone been successful to upload a modern.ie vdmk image to aws ec2? I've tried via the ec2 import instance command: ec2-import-instance IE10.Win7.For.Windows.VMWare\IE10_-_Win7-disk1.vmdk -f vmdk -t t2.small -a i386 -b xxxx --subnet…
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Font-awesome icons not showing when using IE via remote.modern.ie

I decided to test Microsofts IE test tool, remote.modern.ie, and noticed that the font-awesome icons will not show on the font-awesome site. I had a look in the console, but no errors showed up. Is this the case with all remote desktop sessions (in…
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modern.IE to test site behind firewall

I am looking to test the browser compatibility of some web apps hosted behind a firewall. I was thinking that after I installed and setup modern.IE from GitHub on my machine which is behind the same firewall the apps are behind (note: the apps…
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How do I access sites on my Vagrant box via an IE VM?

Scenario I have a vagrant box: ... config.vm.box = "boxname" config.vm.hostname = "boxnameVM" config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.33.44" # Configure A Few VirtualBox Settings config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb| vb.name =…
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