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Has there been a change to versioning IE 11 on Windows 7
Hello, I work in QA and have a very odd question for the community. Hopefully someone has a response as to why this is currently happening.
History:
I need to test IE 8 on Windows 7 and had an authentic version of IE 8 on Windows 7 for a while. Sometimes IE 8 will upgrade to IE 11 but in the past that has been ok, because by simply going to Programs & Features < Turn Windows Features on or off; I select IE 11, restart my machine and then IE reverts back down to IE 9. With a few more steps inside programs and features I'm able to get back down to IE 8.
I just had a request to do a test on IE 8, so I booted up my Windows 7 machine dedicated to this and noticed IE updated to version 11. So I did my usual de-versioning....however after a restart IE 11 didn't revert. It was completely removed from the machine. Yes I can go back in and turn IE 11 on, but after removing IE 11 I expect it should go back to a previous version of IE like it has done so before, not completely remove the browser.
So my question is, has there been a change to versioning IE 11 on Windows 7? Because this looks like it has been changed, but I have not encountered any documentation about this after quite a bit of google searches.
This is extremely important because this makes me believe all Windows 7 machines are forcing all versions of IE that are not 11 to be upgraded to 11. I know of alternatives to testing IE 8, I am prepared for that so please understand that's not what I'm asking. I'm more interested in the fact that others will not have access to IE 8 anymore. This isn't just with IE 8, 9 and 10 are also absent from this process. Is this a intentional change? Or is this a bug with the OS that I happen to be experiencing?
ANY details would be great, thanks for reading and thanks for your responses!