Re: reset IE to default settings

Hmm, ya know I was thinking about that as I was writing, but having used it
LONG ago just to deploy, not clean up after IE, I wrote it off. Still
skeptical, but let me see if that can do the job...


"Hans Le Roy" <hlrNO@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi John,
>
> My first thought is: wouldn't that be a task for the IEAK / Internet
> Explorer ADministrator Kit
> (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ie/ieak/downloads/ieak6/ieak6s
> p1.mspx)?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Hans Le Roy
> MS MVP Windows/IE-OE
>
> "John Shaw" <anon> wrote in message
> news:ODId4v8cFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi, I would like to incorporate a few IE related tasks in a
>> batch script of mine which requires no user interaction and runs on
> multiple
>> machines with multiple OS's, not all of them attached to a network
> either -
>> though all machines will have at least IE6. I have no worries in making
>> different code for different OS's if that needs to be the case. perhaps
>> I
>> can find help here?
>>
>> I would like to reset IE to all default values in all areas ... (advanced
>> tab) settings, reset web settings, reset privacy/cookie settings, clear
> ssl
>> state, and reset all zones to default values.
>>
>> I realize each of these settings may require multiple registry keys and
>> values to import - or is there an easier way, such as using rundll32 a
>> few
>> times with some obscure strings.....
>>
>> If that isn't possible, I'm not entirely opposed to a very small,
>> stand-alone (i.e. doesn't need to be "installed" on the target machine)
> 3rd
>> party app if such a beast exists and can run with command line parameters
>> without user interaction other than maybe a one button prompt at most.
>>
>> Can anyone help me out, even with just any one of these tasks on any one
> OS,
>> or point me in the right direction to look for help?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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