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11-09-2006

Here's a general article that describes a variety of interesting bits about protected mode in IE: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tectedMode.asp

This section of MSDN describes protected mode: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._ref_entry.asp

The IEIsProtectedModeProcess() function will return a result indicating whether IE is running in protected mode: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/s...odeprocess.asp

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Steve Riley
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http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com

"Ty" <tyn@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message news:ei9%23RC7AHHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
Hi,

I was referred to this group because the people on the scripting/IE
groups thought I'd have better luck here.

I need to identify if IE7 is running in protected mode on Vista so my
web page can help the user (in a user friendly way) add my site to their
trusted zone.

Does anyone know how to do this using scripting?

I've had the following 2 suggestions so far:
1. get the temp directory and if it ends in a directory called "Low"
then the browser is likely to be in protected mode.

2. use a try/catch block to capture the exception from performing an
operation that is prohibited when running in protected mode.

I like the 2nd suggestion the best since it will probably get fewer
false positives than the 1st suggestion.

Does anyone have a suggestion for the prohibited operation I should use?

Naturally, I want the script to be as reliable and robust as possible.
It's pretty frustrating that there is a function to do this when writing
a browser extension but there seems to be nothing when scripting on web
pages...

Thanks
Ty

Please reply to the group as my e-mail probably won't work.

11-09-2006	#2 (permalink)
Steve Riley [MSFT] n/a posts	Re: IE7 detect protected mode in script Here's a general article that describes a variety of interesting bits about protected mode in IE: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tectedMode.asp This section of MSDN describes protected mode: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._ref_entry.asp The IEIsProtectedModeProcess() function will return a result indicating whether IE is running in protected mode: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/s...odeprocess.asp -- Steve Riley steve.riley@microsoft.com http://blogs.technet.com/steriley http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com "Ty" <tyn@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message news:ei9%23RC7AHHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Hi, I was referred to this group because the people on the scripting/IE groups thought I'd have better luck here. I need to identify if IE7 is running in protected mode on Vista so my web page can help the user (in a user friendly way) add my site to their trusted zone. Does anyone know how to do this using scripting? I've had the following 2 suggestions so far: 1. get the temp directory and if it ends in a directory called "Low" then the browser is likely to be in protected mode. 2. use a try/catch block to capture the exception from performing an operation that is prohibited when running in protected mode. I like the 2nd suggestion the best since it will probably get fewer false positives than the 1st suggestion. Does anyone have a suggestion for the prohibited operation I should use? Naturally, I want the script to be as reliable and robust as possible. It's pretty frustrating that there is a function to do this when writing a browser extension but there seems to be nothing when scripting on web pages... Thanks Ty Please reply to the group as my e-mail probably won't work.
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