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• Where do i get activex for internet explorer how to#

(The Tweakomatic, unlike the whitepaper, will actually write the scripts for you.) And, of course, many of these settings can be found in the Tweakomatic.

Only a portion of the document deals with scripting, but that portion does map these cryptic registry values to the corresponding properties in the user interface. (Why? We have no idea.) If you’re gung-ho on using scripts to read/manage Internet Explorer settings then you might want to take a look at the Managing Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration whitepaper. Unfortunately (at least for script writers) these registry values have somewhat-cryptic names for example, the one we’re interested in is named 1200. Once you’ve located the correct registry subkey you then need to know which registry value to read. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\ 1 Want to access settings for the Intranet sites zone (value 1)? Okey-doke: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\ 3 For example, to get at settings for the Internet sites zone (value 3) you need to access this registry subkey: To determine the appropriate subkey, just tack the zone value to the preceding registry path. Settings for Internet Explorer security zones can be found in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\ portion of the registry to access a particular zone you need to access the subkey corresponding to that zone. For today’s column, we’re assuming you want to read the value for this setting: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins. Another tricky part lies in knowing which ActiveX setting you’re interested in for better or worse, Internet Explorer has several settings related to ActiveX controls.

Where do i get activex for internet explorer how to#

The tricky part comes in figuring out which registry values need to be read, and knowing how to interpret the data that comes back. That’s pretty easy we often use registry-reading scripts in this column. To begin with, Internet Explorer does not have a management object model instead, the only way we can programmatically retrieve Internet Explorer settings and property values is by writing a script that grabs this information from the registry.

But that has to do more with the way Internet Explorer is configured than it does with writing a script to retrieve this information. You just had to ask this question, didn’t you? Actually, this isn’t a particularly hard question to answer, it’s just a little complicated. Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if ActiveX is enabled in Internet Explorer?