very very tekkie question. Maybe gmeister / satis will have some insight.

is is possible to create a .bat file (or some kind of similar fire-and-forget file) that will change the users IE6 browser settings to a predefined set?

If you be more specific about what you want to do we might find the answer on the question how. I'm kind of rusty about using IE6, perhaps more than Sat, so I may need more explaining till I get it.

For now I found this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte ... x?mfr=true

And by this:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=in ... h&aq=f&oq=

What are you trying to change?

If it's a registry setting, then yes. If it's a command line option, then also yes. It really just depends on what you're trying to do.

I'm trying to change IE6 broser settings...

Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced tab

I got it,

(1) you want to set lots of settings (those you mentioned) to a predefined set in one batch command,
(2) for you or somebody else is probably working on many randomly chosen computers (and thus must setup IE6 whenever s/he sits for the computer)
(3) and for some reason you want or have to use IE6.

What actual options are you wanting to change? The answer is yes, you probably can just by keeping different registry templates and then having a batch file that 'starts' the reg file. The user will have to hit ok to merging the changes into the registry but that should be simple.

However, finding a centralized repository of IE reg settings is difficult. Here are some examples of what I've found.

Caching, threading and GUI options
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa908131.aspx

Disable various items
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/442/

More disabling
http://jalaj.net/2007/01/01/tweaking-re ... -explorer/

Some settings
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/ ... .php/c5719

Client applications
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753633(VS.85).aspx

It's also possible to use the policy editor, but I'm not so familiar with that. If these are the kinds of settings you want to change, I can show you how to build the reg files... it's pretty simple.

Thanks for the info. i will digest this wheni have more time.

More info for you...

- There are 130 different computers over 8 countries (all different continents)
- Ideally they should all have a copy of this .bat file. (ideally the same copy)
- Theyre all using IE6

lol, yes, but what specifically are you wanting to change?

lol, yes, but what specifically are you wanting to change?

the fact they're spread all over the place shouldn't matter... the registry is the same as far as I know, regardless of the language variant of the O/S.

Okay, so the IE version is IE 6 with SP2.

One thing that needs to be changed is the "Display Mixed Content" setting under Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced. It needs to be changed to Prompt.

ok, so here's a microsoft article on the subject.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182569

You may be able to use policies too.

I think there's an error in the article... I looked under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Lockdown_Zones

According to the lookup table in the kb article, 1609 is 'display mixed content'. A value of 0 is permitted, 1 is prompt and 3 is deny. Thus you can set the dword with the name of 1609 to 3 and presumably change IE's behavior.

I have IE7 and, as I said, my registry path is different, so I can't really test this. See if this dword exists and see if changing it makes the expected change in IE. If it does, it's possible to then create reg files you can merge with a batch file or a simple app.