UI Sample Browser Registry Settings (Compact 7)

3/12/2014

You can configure the UI sample browsers by using registry entries. The entries in the following table are located in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.

Note

The default registry values vary, depending on which catalog items you include in your OS design.

Name	Type	Description	Default value
Display Inline Images	REG_DWORD	Determines whether images on webpages are displayed. If set to 0 (zero), images are not displayed.	1
Display Inline Videos	REG_DWORD	Determines whether videos on webpages are played. If set to 0 (zero), videos are not played.	1
Disable Auto SIP	REG_DWORD	If set to 0 (zero), the software-based input panel (SIP) appears automatically when a caret goes into a text input element (input, text area, and so on) on webpages. If set to 1, the SIP does not appear automatically.	0 (zero)
Expand Alt Text	REG_DWORD	Determines whether to always expand the image size to contain all the alternative text. To enable expansion of the image, set the value to 1.	0 (zero)
NotifyDownloadComplete	REG_SZ	If set to No, the file downloading dialog box closes itself when downloading is complete. Otherwise, the dialog box remains open after downloading is complete.	Yes
Page_Transitions	REG_DWORD	Enables or disables page transitions. If set to 0 (zero), page transitions are disabled.	0
Play_Background_Sounds	REG_DWORD	Determines whether to play background sounds. If set to 0 (zero), background sounds are not played.	1
Print_Background	REG_DWORD	Determines whether to print background colors and images on webpages. If set to 0 (zero), the background colors and images are not printed.	1
RegBasedFavorites	REG_DWORD	Stores favorites in shell folders. If set to 1, the browser stores favorites in the registry.	0 (zero)
Show image placeholders	REG_DWORD	Determines whether to show placeholders for images before they are downloaded. If set to 0 (zero), placeholders are not displayed.	1
SmoothScroll	REG_DWORD	Specifies whether the window scrolls smoothly when scrollbars are used. A nonzero number enables smooth scrolling but can also increase response time.	0 (zero)
Start Page	REG_SZ	URL of the default browser home page.	If the locale identifier is 4011 (Japan), the default URL is http://www.jp.msn.com/. For all other locales, the default URL is https://www.msn.com.
Search Page	REG_SZ	URL of the default browser search page.	If the locale identifier is 0411 (Japan), the default URL is http://www.yahoo.co.jp/. For all other locales, the default URL is https://www.bing.com.
Use Stylesheets	REG_DWORD	Enables or disables style sheets in the browser. To enable the use of style sheets, set to 1. To disable the use of style sheets, set to 0 (zero).	Not set.

Application Settings

The following table shows the settings that register the sample browser container for viewing webpages in the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Htmlfile. Windows Embedded Compact registers these settings automatically at build time, and you only change them if the name of the browser application changes.

Key	Type	Description	Default value
\Shell\Open\Command	REG_SZ	Sets this browser as the default for opening HTML files.	ieexr.exe
\DefaultIcon	REG_SZ	Sets this browser's icon as the default for HTML files.	ieexr.exe

The following table shows the settings that register the sample browser container for URL protocols in the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Http. Windows Embedded Compact registers these settings automatically at build time, and you only change them if the name of the browser application changes.

Key	Type	Description	Default value
\Http\DefaultIcon	REG_SZ	Sets this browser's icon as the default for HTTP.	ieexr.exe,0
\Http\Shell\Open\Command	REG_SZ	Sets this browser as the default for HTTP.	ieexr.exe %1
\Https\DefaultIcon	REG_SZ	Sets this browser's icon as the default for HTTPS.	ieexr.exe,0
\Https\Shell\Open\Command	REG_SZ	Sets this browser as the default for HTTPS.	ieexr.exe %1
\Ftp\DefaultIcon	REG_SZ	Sets this browser's icon as the default for FTP.	ieexr.exe,0
\Ftp\Shell\Open\Command	REG_SZ	Sets this browser as the default for FTP.	ieexr.exe %1

The following table shows the settings that register the Internet and operating settings in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings.

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
GlobalUserOffline	REG_DWORD	Determines whether Internet Explorer starts in offline mode. Setting this value to 1 starts it in offline mode.	0 (zero)
EnableAutodial	REG_DWORD	If set to 0 (zero), the browser at first tries to connect to the Internet over a LAN.	1
SecureProtocols	REG_BINARY	This value is determined by three protocols: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 2.0, SSL 3.0, and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0. Possible values are: 00,00,00,00 (disables all three protocols) 08,00,00,00 (enables SSL 2.0 only) 28,00,00,00 (enables SSL 2.0 and 3.0) A8,00,00,00 (enables all three protocols) 88,00,00,00 (enables SSL 2.0 and TLS 1.0) 80,00,00,00 (enables TLS 1.0 only) A0,00,00,00 (enables SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0) 20,00,00,00 (enables SSL 3.0 only) You can also set this key as REG_DWORD "A8" to enable all three protocols.	A8,00,00,00 (enables all three protocols)
UrlEncoding	REG_DWORD	Set to 0 (zero) to always send URLs as UTF-8.	1
WarnOnZoneCrossing	REG_DWORD	Determines whether the browser alerts the user when navigating between a secure and nonsecure webpage. If set to 0 (zero), the browser does not provide a message. If set to 1, the browser does provide a message.	1

Registry-Based Favorites

The following table shows the value for the registry-based favorites in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Favorites\<name>. A separate key exists for each favorite entry.

Name	Type	Description	Default value
@	REG_SZ	URL of the favorite that appears with the same "name" as the key.	Not set.

Popup Blocking Settings

The following table shows the settings that configure the popup blocking functionality in the UI samples in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PopupBlocking.

Name	Type	Description	Default value
BlockPopups	REG_DWORD	Enables or disables the popup blocking functionality.	Not set.
Filter1	REG_DWORD	Determines how the browser handles advanced popup filtering. The value depends on the user's choice of advanced popup features. These features include Keyboard events, Mouse events, MouseClick events, and MouseMove events.	0 (zero)
Filter2	REG_DWORD	Determines how the browser handles advanced popup filtering. The value depends on the user's choice of advanced popup features. These features include Keyboard events, Mouse events, MouseClick events, and MouseMove events.	0 (zero)
Filter3	REG_DWORD	Determines how the browser deals with advanced popup filtering. The value depends on the user's choice of advanced popup features. These features include Keyboard events, Mouse events, MouseClick events, and MouseMove events.	0 (zero)
Notify	REG_DWORD	Determines whether the browser displays an icon on the status bar every time that the browser blocks a popup window.	1
UseFilter	REG_DWORD	Determines whether the browser uses the advanced popup blocker. Set this value to 1 to use this popup blocker.	0 (zero)

The following table shows the settings that control the exceptions for the popup blocking functionality in the UI samples in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PopupBlocking\Exceptions.

Name	Type	Description	Default value
url<n>	REG_SZ	Each value is set to the URL of a site for which the user enabled popups. The URLs are stored in values named "url" followed by a number. Note: If the size of the URL is greater than 2060 characters, it is truncated.	Not set.

See Also

Concepts

Default Registry Settings for Internet Explorer Embedded

Other Resources

Internet Explorer Embedded