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MS Edge non-enterprise 64 bit exists?
MilesAhead:
Microsoft Edge 64 bit downloads keep bringing me to the Enterprise Edition. If I am running Windows 11 Home edition isn't that overkill? Seems like it should not be this tough to find out what the deal is. I wonder if the preinstalled version is lugging around too much database crap. As I update it seems to get less stable. So for now I have done the updater wammy similar to Opera. Namely renaming the update exe file so that the About Box arrow spins forever.
Anyone have insight to simplify the issue?
MilesAhead:
From what I can gather, Enterprise Edition comes as an MSI installer whereas run of the mill 64 bit Edge is an EXE.
Ath:
The Microsoft .exe installers are often just a wrapper around an MSI installer. MSI is a little easier to integrate in automated deployment.
MilesAhead:
The Microsoft .exe installers are often just a wrapper around an MSI installer. MSI is a little easier to integrate in automated deployment.
-Ath (April 09, 2023, 03:59 PM)
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That sounds like it fits with what I found. The download from the Microsoft Business page is MSI. I don't know how the person found the Edge page not under Business in the spiderweb on MS servers. He must have known the secret handshake. 8)
Stoic Joker:
From my understanding the Edge EE.msi is just a full package installer, as opposed to the downloaded style installers that are so popular these days. The end result is the same (no feature/restriction/option changes), it's just easier to deploy via push or in heavily restricted environments.
I first came across in when trying to install a browser on either an 08 or 12 server (i forget) that could not successfully run the usual downloader installer.
Now it's all I ever use, because it's just faster and easier to install.
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