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==Use cases==
All versions of [[Internet Explorer]] for Windows from 4.0 onwards use MSHTML, and it is also used by various other [[web browser]]s and software components (see [[Internet Explorer shell]]s). In [[Windows 98]], [[Windows Me]], and [[Windows 2000]], it is also used for the Windows file manager/shell, [[Windows Explorer]].<ref name="windows_explorer">{{cite web |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/165695 |title=How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update |website=Microsoft Support |id=KB165695 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320035722/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/165695 |archive-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> The Add/Remove Programs tool in Windows 2000 uses MSHTML to render the list of installed programs,<ref name="add_remove_2000">{{cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows-client/application-management/add-remove-programs-displays-programs-incorrectly |title=Add/Remove Programs tool displays installed programs incorrectly |department=Troubleshoot |website=[[Microsoft Docs]] |date=23 September 2021 |id=KB266668 |access-date=2022-01-01}}</ref> and in Windows XP it is also used for the User Accounts Control Panel, which is an [[HTML Application]].<ref name="user_accounts_xp">{{cite web |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/886617 |title="Internet Explorer Script Error" error message when you click User Accounts in Control Panel many times in quick succession on a Windows XP-based computer |website=Microsoft Support |id=KB886617 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319033605/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/886617 |archive-date=2016-03-19}}</ref> MSHTML, however, was not used by [[Internet Explorer for Mac]] (which used [[Tasman (browser engine)|Tasman]] starting with version 5.0), nor by the early versions of [[Internet Explorer Mobile]].

Some other MSHTML-based applications include:
*[[AOL Explorer]], a web browser
*[[AOL Instant Messenger]] 6.x, which used MSHTML to render conversation and profile windows, and advertisement panels
*[[EA Link]], incompatible with MSHTML as of Internet Explorer 7 RC2
*Flashpoint Secure Player, uses MSHTML to run [[ActiveX]] based web games
*[[Google Talk]], which used MSHTML to render chat windows and profile cards
*[[GreenBrowser]], which is also presented at the [[BrowserChoice.eu]] page
*[[IE Tab]], a browser add-on used to render pages with MSHTML user interface (originally available for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, now only for the latter)
*[[Impulse (content delivery)]], uses MSHTML to render "Explore" page, as well as several of the "Community" pages
*[[LimeWire]], which renders the page "New@Lime"
*[[Lunascape (web browser)|Lunascape]], developed by Lunascape Corporation
*[[Maxthon]], which used the MSHTML engine while adding features not built into IE7
*[[MediaBrowser]], customized browsers, especially for [[Nintendo]]
*MenuBox, a web browser
*[[Microsoft Compiled HTML Help]]
* Microsoft [[Encarta]] and related products
*[[Microsoft InfoPath]], a forms application
*[[Microsoft Outlook]], which uses MSHTML to render HTML Messages (prior to Outlook 2007) and the "Outlook Today" screen
* Microsoft [[Outlook Express]], which uses MSHTML to render HTML Messages
* Microsoft [[Visual InterDev]] 6 uses MSHTML in editing mode as visual HTML designer
* Microsoft [[Visual Studio]] 2002-2005 uses MSHTML in editing mode to provide visual ASP.NET/HTML designer
* Microsoft [[Visual Studio]] and [[Visual Basic]] to render the WebBrowser control
*[[MSN Messenger]], which used it to produce [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]-based "winks" and games, and for all advertisements shown in the advertisement banner
*[[NeoPlanet]], a web browser
*[[NetCaptor]], a web browser
*[[Netscape Browser]] (Netscape 8), which used MSHTML to render web pages in IE mode
*[[Pyjs]], a python Widget set Toolkit. Embedding IWebBrowser2 as an Active-X component and accessing the COM interface, Pyjs uses MSHTML for the Desktop version, through the python Win32 "comtypes" library.
*[[RealNetworks]] [[RealPlayer]], a multimedia player app
*[[Sleipnir (web browser)|Sleipnir]], a web browser
*[[SlimBrowser]], a web browser
*[[Skype]], software for [[VoIP]] that renders HTML data with MSHTML
*[[Tencent Traveler]], a web browser
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s [[Steam (service)|Steam]] client, previous versions of which used MSHTML to render the "Store", "Update News" and "Community" sections as well as the Steam in-game browser and [[motd (Unix)|MOTD]] screens in Valve games. The Steam client was updated to use [[WebKit]] instead of MSHTML for these features. Then was updated further to use the [[Chromium Embedded Framework]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chromium Embedded Framework |url=https://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=Chromium_Embedded_Framework&oldid=169218#In_relation_to_Valve |website=developer.valvesoftware.com. Last edited on 25 June 2012 |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[Windows Live Writer]], which uses MSHTML for its editor
*[[Windows Media Player]], which uses MSHTML to render the "Media Information" pages
*[[WinRAR]], a [[Data compression|decompression]] program
*[[360 Secure Browser]], a web browser in China
*[[Baidu Browser]], a web browser in China, that also had a proxy for some websites