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description: If you're having problems with Microsoft Edge, this topic tells how to use the Enterprise Mode site list to automatically open sites using IE11.
ms.assetid: 89c75f7e-35ca-4ca8-96fa-b3b498b53bE4
author: eross-msft
author: shortpatti
ms.author: pashort
ms.prod: edge
ms.mktglfcycl: support
ms.sitesec: library
ms.pagetype: appcompat
title: Use Enterprise Mode to improve compatibility (Microsoft Edge for IT Pros)
ms.localizationpriority: high
ms.date: 07/27/2017
ms.date: 04/15/2018
---
# Use Enterprise Mode to improve compatibility
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Using Enterprise Mode means that you can continue to use Microsoft Edge as your default browser, while also ensuring that your apps continue working on IE11.
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>[!NOTE]
>If you want to use Group Policy to set Internet Explorer as your default browser, you can find the info here, [Set the default browser using Group Policy]( https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=620714).

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ms.mktglfcycl: deploy
ms.pagetype: security
description: Enable and disable add-ons using administrative templates and group policy
author: eross-msft
ms.author: pashort
author: shortpatti
ms.prod: ie11
ms.assetid: c6fe1cd3-0bfc-4d23-8016-c9601f674c0b
title: Enable and disable add-ons using administrative templates and group policy (Internet Explorer 11 for IT Pros)
ms.sitesec: library
ms.date: 07/27/2017
ms.date: 4/12/2018
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# Enable and disable add-ons using administrative templates and group policy
Add-ons let your employees personalize Internet Explorer. You can manage IE add-ons using Group Policy and Group Policy templates.
There are 4 types of add-ons:
There are four types of add-ons:
- **Search Providers.** Type a term and see suggestions provided by your search provider.
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5. Close the Local Group Policy Editor when youre done.
## Using the CLSID and Administrative Templates to manage group policy objects
Because every add-on has a Class ID (CLSID), you can use it to enable and disable specific add-ons, using Group Policy and Administrative Templates.
Every add-on has a Class ID (CLSID) that you use to enable and disable specific add-ons, using Group Policy and Administrative Templates.
**To manage add-ons**
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1. Open IE, click **Tools**, and then click **Manage Add-ons**.
2. Pick the add-on you want to change, and then right-click **More Information**.
3. Click **Copy** and then close **Manage Add-ons** and IE.
2. Double-click the add-on you want to change.
3. In the More Information dialog, click **Copy** and then click **Close**.
4. Open Notepad and paste the information for the add-on.
5. On the Manage Add-ons windows, click **Close**.
6. On the Internet Options dialog, click **Close** and then close IE.
2. From the copied information, select and copy just the **Class ID** value.
3. Open the Group Policy Management Editor and go to `Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Security Features\Add-on Management`.
>[!NOTE]
>You want to copy the curly brackets as well as the CLSID: **{47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93}**.
3. Open the Group Policy Management Editor and go to: Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Security Features\Add-on Management.
<br>**-OR-**<br>
Open the Local Group Policy Editor and go to `Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Security Features\Add-on Management`.
Open the Local Group Policy Editor and go to: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Security Features\Add-on Management.
4. Open the **Add-on List** Group Policy Object, pick **Enabled**, and then click **Show**.<br>
**Show Contents** box appears.
4. Open the **Add-on List** Group Policy Object, select **Enabled**, and then click **Show**.<br>The Show Contents dialog appears.
5. In **Value Name**, put your copied Class ID.
6. In **Value Name**, paste the Class ID for your add-on, for example, **{47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93}**.
6. In **Value**, put:
6. In **Value**, enter one of the following:
- **0**. The add-on is disabled and your employees cant change it.
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- **2**. The add-on is enabled and your employees can change it.
7. Click **OK** and close the Group Policy editor.
 
 
7. Close the Show Contents dialog.
7. In the Group Policy editor, go to: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer.
8. Double-click **Automatically activate/enable newly installed add-ons** and select **Enabled**.<br><br>Enabling turns off the message prompting you to Enable or Don't enable the add-on.
7. Click **OK** twice to close the Group Policy editor.
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