Obsolete Internet Explorer 11 Execution Guidance

Last reviewed: October 2, 2026

This page is retained only to flag that Internet Explorer 11 execution guidance is noobsolete longerand should not be used for current AIQ testing.

What changed in this article

• Marked IE11 content as obsolete because Internet Explorer 11 is retired and not a current browser target for AIQ guidance.
• Replaced troubleshooting steps with a migration note toward supported Chromium-based execution paths.
• Added checks to confirm whether the issue still reproduces in supported browsers before treating it as an AIQ scenario problem.

Validation workflow

1. Do not create new AIQ test coverage that depends on IE11.
2. Reproduce the workflow in a supported browser inand AIQ.review
   browser-specific

   Required Setting Changes

   differences.
3. Click Build

CreateIf a new,customer still has an IE11 dependency, document it as legacy risk and plan migration.

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Click Options Locate Sahi Options, and enter your application's URL under test inrequire the Initiallegacy URL box
Click Start, enter internet options, and select Internet Options When the Internet Options window appears, select the Security tab Reduce the security level to the lowest option Click Trusted Sites Click Sites Click Add Add the application's URL under test in the Sites list Click OK

Applications using Internet Explorer's Compatibility Option

The following steps are required if your application under test is using Internet Explorer's Companitility Option. The steps must be performed on all Test Node machines, as well as any machines from which you are remotely accessing Appvance UTPreference.

Edit the following file <...>\config\inject_top.txt

1. Test Node file location: within your Appvance UTP install path <utp>\sahi\config\inject_top.txt
2. Remote system accessing Appvance UTP: C:\Users\<user_name>\proxy_server\config\inject_top.txt

Add the following line at the top of the file
<META http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=<browser_version_compatibility_setting>">

For example:

<META http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9">
or 
<META http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10">

Save and close inject_top.txt

Finish configuration

Test Node: Restart the Appvance UTP services Remote system accessing Appvance UTP: Restart browser

Example updated file contents

<!--SAHI_INJECT_START-->
<META http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9">
$metaHeaders
<script>/*<![CDATA[*//*---->*/__sahiDebugStr__="";__sahiDebug__=function(s){__sahiDebugStr__+=(s+"\n");};/*--*//*]]>*/</script>
<script src="/_s_/dyn/SessionState_domainfix/domainfix.js"></script>
<script src='/_s_/spr/concat.js' id='_sahi_concat'></script>
<script src='/_s_/dyn/SessionState_userExtensions/user_extensions.js'></script>
<script src='http://$commonDomain/_s_/dyn/SessionState/state.js'></script>
<script src='/_s_/spr/language_pack.js' id='langpack'></script>
<script>/*<![CDATA[*//*---->*/_sahi.createCookie('sahisid', _sahi.sid);_sahi.loadXPathScript()/*--*//*]]>*/</script>
<script>/*<![CDATA[*//*---->*/eval(_sahi.sendToServer("/_s_/dyn/Player_script/script.js"));/*--*//*]]>*/</script>
<script src='/_s_/spr/playback.js'></script>
<!--
<applet CODEBASE="/_s_/spr/applet" ARCHIVE="sahiapplet.jar" CODE="SahiApplet.class" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 id="_sahi_applet" MAYSCRIPT></applet>
-->
<!--SAHI_INJECT_END-->