Internet Explorer also supported the once-popular ActiveX plug-ins, which enabled it to open types of files not normally supported by browsers. Many old sites relied on ActiveX in order to function.

Now, when users attempt to access Internet Explorer, they will be redirected to Microsoft Edge.

Microsoft is ending Internet Explorer support in Windows 10 on June 15 It's the end of an era you probably won't miss.

Microsoft permanently disabled the Internet Explorer 11 desktop app on certain versions of Windows 10 this Tuesday through a Microsoft Edge update.

That ends today, as Microsoft's support documentation says that a Microsoft Edge browser update will fully disable Internet Explorer in most versions of Windows 10, redirecting users to Edge.