The Edge icon, a blue letter "e," is similar to the Internet Explorer icon, but they are separate applications. To open Internet Explorer, open the Windows menu in the lower left corner of your screen ...

However, the OS developer attempted to avoid those royalties by including Internet Explorer 1.5 for free in Windows NT, concluding in a lawsuit and an $8 million payout in January 1997.

There was once an old joke among Windows users: "Internet Explorer is the best browser to download a better browser with." In other words, Internet Explorer — Microsoft's old flagship internet ...