Vista - IE7 detect protected mode in script

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.

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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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.

Hi,

Thanks for the response and the links. I had hit these pages already
and thought that the code examples and API were for browser extensions
only. There seemed to be nothing for web page scripting.

Have I misread/misinterpreted the information? I'm not a programmer so
it wouldn't surprise me if I have.

If I have, can you give me an example (or point me to an example) of
using IEIsProtectedModeProcess() in script?


Thanks,
Ty

Steve Riley [MSFT] wrote:
> 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 <mailto:steve.riley@microsoft.com>
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>
>
>
> "Ty" <tyn@newsgroups.nospam <mailto: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.

Here is the script to solve all your problems:


if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") > -1)
{
alert("Not in protected mode!")
}


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I think you'll find that the sample script should read

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") == -1)
{
alert("Not in protected mode!")
}


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