![]() ![]() After removing comments and translations that are irrelevant in my case: Įxec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-beta %U -inprivate Instead, backup the /usr/share/applications/sktop file and then edit it. You can use the gsettings command to update the favorites, but I could not figure out how to pass command line parameters. This lists an array such as the following: This command lists the favorites on the dock: /usr/bin/gsettings get favorite-apps It’s interesting to see a software beta at a version number greater than 100. To run the browser in private mode, I need to launch microsoft-edge-beta with the –inprivate command line argument. ![]() I wanted to make the icon for the browser in the dock open in private mode by default. Screen shot showing updated contents of /usr/share/applications/sktop and context menu for Edge icon If you don't already have the IE 11 installation file, you can get it direct from Microsoft here.This blog post explains a hack that you can use to configure the Microsoft Edge browser on Ubuntu Linux to start in private mode by default, even when clicking links in emails. You can install Wine from Synaptic or Ubuntu Software more easily, but it will be an older version. Add the proper repository for your Ubuntu version. Note that FAudio must be installed first. ![]() A lot of people fail to do this properly. If you haven't installed Wine before, you have to carefully follow their instructions for Ubuntu here. In any case, support for IE 11 is either ending soon, or has ended already. I'm not sure what that means, but it's clear that it is not perfect. Someone reported recently testing Internet Explorer 11 on Wine version 5.0.2 using Ubuntu 16.04 (report is here), and they gave it a "Bronze" rating. ![]() Each of us might have different results that could falsely encourage or discourage you. The only way to know if this will work for you is to try it on your computer, and your Linux distro. Wine sometimes works well, and sometimes not. ![]()
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