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Command Line Administration of IE 7 and 8

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:04:36 +0000

I found a list of interesting dll handle calls for the administration of internet explorer tasks. These lines can be used via batch file, login script. Kaseya or right from the run prompt. They are kind of useful to run as scheduled tasks too to reduce build up of temp files and history on computers automatically.

1. Clear cookies: RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2
2. Clear Form Data: RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16
3. Clear History: RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1
4. Clear Saved Passwords: RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32
5. Clear Temp Files: RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Change The Default Internet Explorer Homepage

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:34:13 +0000

I have a chunk of registry tweaks I run on new computers, this is one of them. It changes the internet explorer homepage to www.google.com, though you can use anything you like in place of google, perhaps a intranet page?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00Â

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
“Start Page”=”www.google.com“

Simple but powerful, and can be merged to the registry silently using regedit /s, or added to a list of registry hacks.

To use this with kaseya import the below script, change the red to your best practice and away you go.

Script Name: Default IE Page – google
Script Description: Set Default Page on Iternet Explorer.Â Â

IF User Is Logged In
Parameter 1 :
THEN
Set Registry Value
Parameter 1 : HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainStart Page
Parameter 2 : http://www.google.com
Parameter 3 : REG_SZ
OS Type : 0
ELSE

Internet Explorer 7 Search Provider Import/Export

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:47:56 +0000

I recently came across a computer that for no good reason would seem to allow me to change or add a search provider. Â When I would attempt to add a provider to the search bar (since google is tons better than the default; windows live) it would cause a fatal exception and closeÂ InternetÂ Explorer. Â After a ton of Â searching, I could not find this anywhere on the internets so i think it is worth posting here. Â

I found the registry location of the searchÂ provider, and exported it from my computer. Â Then i exported it into the mean computer andÂ voila the new searchÂ providerÂ was installed. Â The below registry key can be added to the registry of a computer to add Google Search as a search provider and set it as defult. Â If you want aÂ differentÂ search provider just set it up on your computer and export the below key, note that you can also export more than one search provider with this method. Â I have added these keys to the script of registry tweeks I run when installing a new OS. Â hope this helps!

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00Â

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchScopes]
“DefaultScope”=”{10C02F5B-9658-4FF2-944B-2C40A61E2F89}”
“Version”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchScopes{10C02F5B-9658-4FF2-944B-2C40A61E2F89}]
“DisplayName”=”Google”
“URL”=”http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&rls=com.microsoft:{language}&ie={inputEncoding}&oe={outputEncoding}&startIndex={startIndex?}&startPage={startPage}”

To do this silently through Kaseya you can save the above as search.reg and upload it to your kserver. Make sure you change the red to match the path of your reg file.

Script Name: Defult Search Provider Google
Script Description: Add Google as search provider in IE 7 and Make it DefaultÂ

IF True
THEN
Write File
Parameter 1 : c:tempsearch.reg
Parameter 2 : adminRegsearch.reg
OS Type : 0
Execute Shell Command
Parameter 1 : regedit /s c:tempsearch.reg
Parameter 2 : 0
OS Type : 0
ELSE