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vb.netvisual-studio-2010internet-explorerwebbrowser-controlinternet-explorer-10
StealthRT
StealthRT

Reputation: 10552

Windows 8 VB.net 2012 WebBrowser control IE 9 or 10

Hey all I am trying to figure out how to set the WebBrowser control in my windows form to emulate IE9 or IE10 under Windows 8.

Currently, when I use the webbrowser control on my form and load up a website it tells me:

Your browser, Internet Explorer 7, does not support the advanced...

However, going to that same site with just the normal IE10 browser shows the page just fine. I also double-checked the IE9 compatibility using the Developer tools within IE10 to emulate IE9 standards and that also worked.

I also tried adding my EXE file name to the registory:

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\
   Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION

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For 64 bit Windows 8 but that doesn't seem to have any effect on it when I run the program.

Any help would be great!

FIXED:

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Using vbTestProg.exe for the build EXE

Using the vbTestProg.vshost.exe for the Debug inside VB

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2194

Answers (1)

Reed Copsey
Reed Copsey

Reputation: 564871

If you're application is a 64bit application, or compiled for AnyCPU and running on 64bit Windows, you need to set the emulation setting in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
   Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION

(Without Wow6432Node.) The registry location you specified is for 32bit applications running on 64bit operating systems.

Upvotes: 2

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