Default Registry Settings for Internet Explorer Embedded (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
This section lists the default registry settings for Internet Explorer Embedded. For a description of user agent and authentication support settings for Internet Explorer, see WinInet Registry Settings.
Base Registry Settings
Base registry settings for the Internet Explorer browser are stored in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main key.
Note
The default registry values vary, depending on which catalog items are included in your OS design.
The following table shows some of the settings that are available.
| Name: type | Description |
|---|---|
Start Page : REG_SZ |
Default settings exist for the sample browser UIs, but not for Internet Explorer Embedded in general. URL of the default browser home page. |
Search Page : REG_SZ |
URL of the default browser search page. |
Use_DlgBox_Colors : REG_SZ |
Default setting is "no", which means that the browser window will display text, links and backgrounds with the user-selected colors instead of the Windows colors. |
Anchor Underline : REG_SZ |
Default setting is "no", which means that links will not be underlined. |
SmoothScroll : REG_DWORD |
Default setting is 0 (zero). |
Access Key Behavior : REG_DWORD |
Default setting is 0 (zero), which enables desktop-style access key behavior. To enable mobile-style access key behavior, set to 1. |
User Sub-Pixel Positioning (SPP) Preferences
The following setting in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SPP key sets the user preference for sub-pixel positioning (SPP).
| Name : type | Description |
|---|---|
EnableSPP : REG_DWORD |
To enable sub-pixel positioning, set EnableSPP to 1. Set to 0 to disable sub-pixel positioning. |
User Color and Font Preferences
The following settings in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Settings key set user preferences for color and font for the browser.
| Name : type | Description |
|---|---|
Anchor Color : REG_SZ |
Default setting is "0,0,255", which represents the color blue. |
Anchor Color Visited : REG_SZ |
Default setting is "128,0,128", which represents the color purple. |
Background Color : REG_SZ |
Default setting is "255,255,255", which represents the color white. |
Text Color : REG_SZ |
Default setting is "0,0,0", which represents the color black. |
Always Use My Colors : REG_DWORD |
If set to 1, the browser ignores colors specified on Web pages in favor of user preferences. (Accessibility option.) |
Always Use My Font Face : REG_DWORD |
If set to 1, the browser ignores font styles specified on Web pages in favor of user preferences. (Accessibility option.) |
Always Use My Font Size : REG_DWORD |
If set to 1, the browser ignores font sizes specified on Web pages in favor of user preferences. (Accessibility option.) |
User Style Preferences
The following settings in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Styles key set user style preferences for the browser.
| Name : type | Description |
|---|---|
Use My Stylesheet : REG_DWORD |
If set to 1, the browser ignores styles specified on Web pages in favor of user preferences. (Accessibility option.) |
User Stylesheet : REG_SZ |
Location of the user's style sheet, for example, "file:///Windows/Mystyle.css". (Accessibility option.) |
View Source
The following setting in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ViewSourceEditor key enables source-code viewing. To use this functionality, the user types view-source: in front of the URL in the address bar of the browser, as in the following example:
view-source:http://<URL>
| Name : type | Description |
|---|---|
Editor Name : REG_SZ |
File name of the text editor to use, for example, "pword.exe". |
Cache Size Limits
The following settings in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache registry key and subkeys specify the cache names and initial cache limits in hexadecimal.
| [Subkey\]Name : type | Description |
|---|---|
Signature : REG_SZ |
"Client UrlCache MMF Ver 4.7" |
Content\CachePrefix : REG_SZ |
"Content:" |
Content\CacheLimit : REG_DWORD |
Default setting is 00000200, which represents a cache size of 512 KB. To change the cache size to 4096 KB, for example, change the value to 00001000 (4096 hex). The upper limit is determined by how much free disk space exists on the device. |
Cookies\CachePrefix : REG_SZ |
"Cookie:" |
Cookies\CacheLimit : REG_DWORD |
Default setting is 00000100, which represents a cache size of 256 KB. |
History\CachePrefix : REG_SZ |
"Visited:" |
History\CacheLimit : REG_DWORD |
Default setting is 00000100, which represents a cache size of 256 KB. |
Cache Configuration
The following setting in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings registry key specifies when the browser should check for updated Web pages.
| Name : type | Description |
|---|---|
SyncMode5 : REG_DWORD |
Default value is 4, which instructs the browser to automatically check for updated Web pages. Other valid values are as follows: 0: Never check for updates (always use cached page). 2: Check for updates one time per session. 3: Always check for updates. |
See Also
Concepts
UI Sample Browser Registry Settings