
As Firefox, Chrome, and Microsoft Edge, Microsoft’s successor to Internet Explorer, have removed the NPAPI plugin due to security reasons, Internet Explorer has been the only browser which organizations have been able to run Oracle Forms online since 10g. Oracle Forms is one of those applications which has relied on using the NPAPI plugin to run Java in the browser. Examples include the ability to run Java applets within the web browser using the NPAPI plugin. This announcement may potentially impact many businesses and organizations which have a dependency on Internet Explorer. Whether Internet Explorer will be fully removed from existing Windows 10 machines via a feature update remains to be seen but is entirely possible. However, a future Windows Update may change things.) With this announcement, this will mean that Microsoft will no longer be providing monthly security updates to Internet Explorer and that Microsoft will most likely no longer include Internet Explorer in newer Windows 10 releases. In addition, clicking on Internet Explorer does not redirect to Microsoft Edge at this time.

(NOTE: As of June 17, 2022, the latest Windows Update released in June 2022 has not yet removed Internet Explorer from Windows 10. Microsoft has just announced that Internet Explorer will be officially retired and taken out of support on June 15, 2022.
