InPrivate mode shortcut for Internet Explorer and Edge

Create shortcuts for the InPrivate mode

John Savill

June 7, 2017

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InPrivate mode shortcut for Internet Explorer and Edge

Q. How can I create a shortcut for Edge and Internet Explorer in InPrivate mode?

A. Both Internet Explorer and Edge have a context menu option to open an instance in InPrivate mode which is useful if you need a browser instance where you need to use separate credentials but its also possible to create a shortcut.

For Internet Explorer

"C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe" -private

For Microsoft Edge you have to take a different approach since its a UWP application. The solution I have found is to set the start page as InPrivate using about:InPrivate as the start page.

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