IE has been dead for decades at this point

you have already been given many many years to move off IE and use something more modern

rewrite your ancient ActiveX script to something more modern

if you must, there is still one weird way to launch IE, works even on windows 11

Search "Internet Options" in the taskbar search bar
it will open an old control panel window
from there, find "Programs" in the top bar and then "Manage Add-Ons"
from the new window that pops up, select "Learn more about toolbars and extensions"
it will launch a page in IE
open a new tab and close that page

if you want an easy to use shortcut

searching reddit suggests this



save into a file named as [anything].bat

company pc may block cmd/powershell usage, you'll have to check and see