Open source is perfect for code like this. Classic Shell is the first thing I install on any new PC. Then Chrome, just so I don’t have to look at IE or whatever that new thing from M$ is longer than one or two downloads. I eliminate as much of the metro and modern M$ crap as I possibly can, as quickly as I can.
I run a Microsoft browser window to talk to an Outlook Web Access account I need to get to. Otherwise I would never open IE or Edge (their new browser name).