Visit this page of Microsoft to download Microsoft Edge virtual machine for VirtualBox, Windows Hyper-V, Vagrant, VMware (Windows & Mac), and Parallels (Mac only). You can run Edge on previous versions of Windows using free virtual machines. That said, there is a not so cool way out there to run Edge on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. So theoretically, it should be possible to install Edge on Windows 8/8.1, but then Edge is not officially or unofficially available for Windows 8 or 8.1 right now. The Universal Windows Platform was first introduced with Windows 8 as the Windows Runtime. One can’t install the legacy Edge on Windows 7 as the Edge browser is built on the new Universal Windows Platform. Visit our download Edge for Windows 7/8/8.1 article to download the Edge installer. NOTE: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based Edge browser) is now officially available for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.

Is there is a workaround to install legacy Edge on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1? We will update this guide when the new Edge is made available to Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.

However, Microsoft is building a new Chromium-based Edge browser, and it will be available for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. The truth is that the current version of the Edge browser is not available for Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. When Microsoft introduced the Edge browser for the first time, a significant number of PC users running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 were expecting Microsoft release Edge for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 as well. Is Microsoft Edge available for Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1?

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