Alternatives to IE "Open in Explorer" ribbon for SharePoint Online Document libraries.

 

Are you concerned IE will soon be deprecated & removed soon and you will lose the functionality Open in Explorer” for SharePoint Online Document Libraries.

Fig : Image Chrome browser showing Open in Explorer is disabled.



Well there are alternatives for Chrome and Edge browsers. You can now install “IE Tab” extensions for Chrome and Edge and emulate internet explorer inside chrome and Edge and use the functionality “Open in Explorer following are the steps.

 

1.      Install extension IE Tab for Chrome / Edge (chrome extension link /Microsoft Edge Addons.

2.      Open your library in classic SharePoint mode and click IE Tab to launch emulation of IE as shown below.

Fig : Emulation of IE and ribbon “open in Explorer” is enabled.