Tag: Internet Explorer 8
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Application crash when forcing IE8 rendering mode in webbrowser host
User stephench is reporting that when setting webbrowser rendering mode to IE8 via FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION, the app would crash. The web site crashes IE8 too, but IE8 is able to recover and automatically switch to IE7 mode, while a webbrowser host crash in WinInet when switching to the compatibility mode (Note the ReloadInCompatView function on the…
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How to disable navigation sound in webbrowser control
User kill211 does not like the click sound when he calls WebBrowser.Navigate. He wonders if there is a way to disable it without modifying HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating, which has effect on other applications. Unfortunately, the API for disabling sound is introduced in IE7. The FEATURE_DISABLE_NAVIGATION_SOUNDS feature can be toggled using registry or the CoInternetSetFeatureEnabled API. Update: A…
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Walkaround for Error : An add-on for this website failed to run. When opening Visual C++’s Add Variable Wizard after IE 8 is installed
Update: it looks like a lot of people are hitting this page by mistake. If you don’t write software for a living then this page is probably not for you. Download: https://jiangsheng.net/Documents/IE8AddZone.zip Prerequisite: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) This program is designed to temporary circumvent the “An add-on for this web site…