IE settings

[yves_bouch]

In order to compare IE settings on 2 desktops, do you know
how to extract in a flat file all the IE settings?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Export the keys concerned from the Registry and copy them into a
single file. Compare these with FC (or whatever file compare program
you have in whatever operating system you have)
About 4 keys should hold all the settings, depending on how far you
want to go with "settings". Give a rough idea of what settings you
mean.

....Alan

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi,

Depends upon which setting it is and you should know which registry key it is. [Privacy settings are stored in one area, activex in other area and so on]. Once you spot the same registry key, export to .REG file [from the other computers as well] and use a file compare utility as Alan suggested. I use CompareIt for this purpose.

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In order to compare IE settings on 2 desktops, do you know
how to extract in a flat file all the IE settings?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Export the keys concerned from the Registry and copy them into a
single file. Compare these with FC (or whatever file compare program
you have in whatever operating system you have)
About 4 keys should hold all the settings, depending on how far you
want to go with "settings". Give a rough idea of what settings you
mean.

A little more...
The relevant IE keys should be:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings

(except for Autocomplete, but that would be difficult to compare)

....Alan

 

[yves]

Dear Alan,

Thanks for your answer but I'm looking for IE settings for
opening file in IE from javascript.

Yves

 

[Alan Edwards]

They may be in the keys in my second response.
It is easy enough to check. Export the keys from one PC, alter the
setting on the same PC, export again and compare the files.

....Alan