In the Modern UI experience, the scenario is even more transparent as support for addons such as Flash and JavaScript are integrated into the 64 bit processes and updated through standard Windows Updates.īrandon Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro The Springboard Series on TechNet 32 bit addons continue to load and interact as expected with the content processes in which they are run and web scripts which detect browser architecture continue In most scenarios, the multiple processes are entirely transparent to the browsing experience. This is explained here on the IEInternals blog.
Internet Explorer for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 make use of separate management and content processes which on the desktop in a 64 bit environment are 64 bit and 32 bit respectively. As we have reviewed in other threads on the same topic.