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user3155247
user3155247

Reputation: 43

Close Internet Explorer Programmatically

Is there any way IE can be closed programmatically?

I am trying to build a simple login system for the school I am working at in which a pupil would sign in using a HTML form and when they click the submit button the window will close automatically.

I have tried this using JavaScript (close() seems to be redundant now), VBScript (.Quit) and trying to run a .cmd file to close it externally (Windows Script Host). None of these have worked.

I am not doing this maliciously and I have absolutely no bad intentions of using this code. I understand that it is a universal standard for web browsers not to be closed by client/server side scripts. But, I am, nonetheless, wondering whether this would be possible and how (preferably without installing any other applications).

Upvotes: 2

Views: 893

Answers (2)

user4443986
user4443986

Reputation: 11

Is there any way IE can be closed programmatically?

Sure. Find the right IE instance in the SHELL.WINDOWS collection, then QUIT that instance. Or find the right process in Win32_Process, then TERMINATE that process. Or probably dozens of other ways.

None of which will necessarily help, unless you provide a ton more information about what you are actually doing! But that's the consequence of asking "Can I do 'X'?", instead of: "I need to achieve result 'Y', what is the best way to do that?"

You've told us 'X', but not 'Y'.

Upvotes: 1

Diodeus - James MacFarlane
Diodeus - James MacFarlane

Reputation: 114347

JavaScript cannot close windows that were not opened via JavaScript.

If websites could close people's browsers, a lot of people would be angry. Your non-malicious intent is unknown to the browser.

Upvotes: 0

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