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Or rather, the Internet Explorer 12 that never was. When Microsoft first started leaking details about Windows 10 back in 2014, the plan seemed simple: Keep Internet Explorer for the old guard, and introduce "Project Spartan" for the future. internet explorer 12 windows 10
Date: April 14, 2026 Author: TechTime Capsule Mozilla/5
If you hunt down (leaked to beta collectors), you can find a shortcut for "Internet Explorer 12." Double-clicking it opens a modern, flat browser that looks like a hybrid of Chrome and old IE. It renders most HTML5 sites. It’s fast. It renders most HTML5 sites
I’m talking about .
But look at the User Agent string:
But here is the rumor that refuses to die: (a late beta of Windows 10) allegedly contained a fully functional "Internet Explorer 12" engine.