Launch IE from a link in Chrome

Question

I want to have a link in Chrome e.g.

Open Link

that when you click on it in the Chrome Browser that it launches the link in an IE window.

Can anyone

Answer 1

Great solution @topcat3! To fix it for IE11, the link must contain https:// or http://:

open google in IE

And I tweaked the registry command with the ProgramFiles variable:

cmd /k set myvar=%1 & call set myvar=%%myvar:alert:=%% & call "%%ProgramFiles%%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" %%myvar%% & exit /B