Windows 11 still harbors some Internet Explorer elements, even though Microsoft retired the browser more than 2 years ago.

Microsoft finally released Internet Explorer 7.0 in October 2006 ... urging users to stop using the old web browser 10 years after it launched. That campaign eventually succeeded in that goal.

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 ...