Javascript: __doPostBack recently stopped working in Internet Explorer 11.4xxx.

Hi all 

I have an ASP.Net application targeting .Net4.5 framework. Using Jquery in the $(document).ready method I call __doPostBack if certain localstorage data is not present. 

This works 100% in Chrome

Recently the __doPostBack call has been failing in IE with the following error

"TypeError: Accessing the 'caller' property of a function or arguments object is not allowed in strict mode\n   at Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.prototype._doPostBack 

its fails in Jquery.3.1.1.js at mightThrow (http://localhost:51992/Scripts/jquery-3.1.1.js:3570:10)

Any ideas why this would happen? I have followed Scott Hanselmans suggestion of installing Nuget browser update files but no solution.

Thanks!

Laurence Lemmon-Warde