Get modern Internet Explorer back in Windows 10

If you have installed Windows 10 Technical Preview, you will find that the modern (Metro) version of Internet Explorer is not there. For some reason, the touch friendly IE is missing in the public build. If you used to run modern IE or plan to test Windows 10 with a touch screen device, you might be interested in reviving it. Here is how to do it.


Follow the instructions below to restore modern Internet Explorer back in Windows 10.
Option one - use my freeware launcher
My Modern IE Launcher allows you to launch the modern version of Internet Explorer in Windows 10 which is disabled in Technical Preview of Windows 10 by default.
Unzip and run the ModernIE.exe file to launch the touch friendly IE.
You can pin it to the taskbar, to the Start menu or to the Start screen - as you wish.

Get ModernIE here

Option two

1. Click the following link and download the provided script:
   Download the script.
   Save it as a file with the ps1 extension.
   Alternatively,
   1. Open Notepad.
   2. Copy and paste the following text in the Notepad window:

      	
      
           
          $code = @"
          using System;
          using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
          using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
          namespace Win8 {
             
             [ComImport, Guid("2e941141-7f97-4756-ba1d-9decde894a3d"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
             interface IApplicationActivationManager
             {
                 IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] UInt32 options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
             }
           
          [ComImport, Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C")]//Application Activation Manager
             public class ApplicationActivationManager : IApplicationActivationManager
             {
                 [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType = MethodCodeType.Runtime)/*, PreserveSig*/]
                 public extern IntPtr ActivateApplication([In] String appUserModelId, [In] String arguments, [In] UInt32 options, [Out] out UInt32 processId);
                 
             }
             
          }
          "@
           
          add-type -TypeDefinition $code
          $appman = new-object Win8.ApplicationActivationManager
           
          $appman.ActivateApplication("DefaultBrowser_NOPUBLISHERID!Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default",$null,0,[ref]0)
      

   3. Click the File menu -> Save menu item and type "modern ie.ps1" with quotes so that the .txt extension is not appended.
2. Right click your ps1 file and choose "Run with PowerShell".

That's it. If you did everything correctly, the script will open the modern version of Internet Explorer. If this does not work, make sure that you have IE set as your default browser. All credits go to @AdamUCF via.

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