https://github.com/kekyo/outernetexplorer
An old-style web browser stub, comes from Internet Explorer was genocided on Windows.
https://github.com/kekyo/outernetexplorer
alternative internet-explorer launcher mshtml shdocvw stub trident
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An old-style web browser stub, comes from Internet Explorer was genocided on Windows.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/kekyo/outernetexplorer
- Owner: kekyo
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-01-21T05:30:21.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-02-02T14:35:17.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-21T23:22:27.598Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: alternative, internet-explorer, launcher, mshtml, shdocvw, stub, trident
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 739 KB
- Stars: 19
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Outernet Explorer
An old-style web browser stub, comes from Internet Explorer was genocided on Windows.
Download from: https://github.com/kekyo/OuternetExplorer/releases/download/1.0.0/oexplore.zip
* NOTE: Windows defender will report "Infected with a virus", but it doesn't contain any security risks.
I feel this is a bug in Windows defender or something Microsoft has thought about this project...
If you can't believe it, you can verify source code and/or build a binary yourself. It is an OSS project :)
---
## What's this?
A stub implementation for Internet Explorer ActiveX component (called `MSHTML`, `ShDocVw`, `InternetExplorer.Application` and like). It's simplest replacer for `iexplore.exe`.
The Internet Explorer will retire at June 15, 2022. We need to be prepared for that, this is one of the most innovative ideas.
Reference:
* [The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge (Microsoft)](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/05/19/the-future-of-internet-explorer-on-windows-10-is-in-microsoft-edge/)
* [Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022 (THE VERGE)](https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/19/22443997/microsoft-internet-explorer-end-of-support-date)
## Target platforms
* Intel x86 32bit architecture Windows between Windows 11 and Windows NT 4.0 (maybe).
* You could run on 64bit Windows implicitly uses WOW64 compatibility layer.
## Usage
* Double-click `oexplore.exe` on the Explorer.
* Or, invokes from command line:
```
C:\>oexplore.exe
```
You made it!
### Options
Outernet Explorer could receive only target url like:
```
C:\>oexplore.exe https://google.com/
```
Unfortunately, the url will inspect inside of Internet Explorer component, and maybe shows up both IE **AND** Edge2...
## License and limitation
* MIT
* This is kind of a joke. I'm hoping the code will work, please do not take it seriously :)