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Hosting IE 9 web pages in media center

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Post by jachin99 » Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:25 pm

I found this on the web archive for mediacentersandbox

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"ehExtHost32.exe"=dword:00002328

That's for Win64. For Win32, it should be (untested):

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"ehExtHost.exe"=dword:00002328

More info at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... s.85).aspx

(0x2328 is 9000 in decimal; the default value for apps using the embedded webcontrol is 7000 which means ehExtHost.exe normally an IE7 version of the WebControl).

Unfortunately, even after adding this setting and confirming that MCE webpages now report IE9 rather than IE7, it still doesn't seem to fix the compatibility issues with Leanback; for example, the remote control arrow keys work fine in Leanback on the desktop but are ignored in Leanback running inside MCE.

As an additional data point to the above: the remote direction keys seem to work okay in YouTube Leanback under Win32; it's only 64-bit Media Center where they fail.

Leanback runs inside the 32-bit version of IE / ehExtHost.exe, so possibly this is something to do with Remote events being converted to SendInput() windows events in 64-bit format but being parsed as 32-bit format by the IE code?

(Wouldn't explain why they seemed to work fine in the older Flash-based version of Leanback however.)

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Post by jachin99 » Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:12 pm

From the MSDN link found by searching the web archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120429025 ... 0(v=vs.85)

Binary Behavior Security

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). The FEATURE_BEHAVIORS allows Binary Behaviors to run more securely. When the feature is enabled, it can be set differently for each security zone by using the URL action flag URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN. For more information, see About URL Security Zones.

By default, this feature is enabled for Windows Internet Explorer and for applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. To disable this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable file to the following setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_BEHAVIORS
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 00000000

The feature is enabled when the value is set to (DWORD) 00000001 and disabled when the value is (DWORD) 00000000.

Browser Emulation

Windows Internet Explorer 8 and later. The FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION feature defines the default emulation mode for Internet Explorer and supports the following values.



Value Description
9999 (0x270F) Windows Internet Explorer 9. Webpages are displayed in IE9 Standards mode, regardless of the !DOCTYPE directive.
9000 (0x2328) Internet Explorer 9. Webpages containing standards-based !DOCTYPE directives are displayed in IE9 mode.
8888 (0x22B8) Webpages are displayed in IE8 Standards mode, regardless of the !DOCTYPE directive.
8000 (0x1F40) Webpages containing standards-based !DOCTYPE directives are displayed in IE8 mode.
7000 (0x1B58) Webpages containing standards-based !DOCTYPE directives are displayed in IE7 Standards mode.



For more information, see Defining Document Compatibility and Internet Explorer 8 Extensibility Improvements.

The default value for Windows Internet Explorer depends on the version of the browser. The default value for Internet Explorer 9 is 9000. For Internet Explorer 8, the default value is 8000. For applications hosting the WebBrowser Control, the default value is 7000. To control the value of this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable file to the following setting and set the value to match the desired setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 000090000

Child Window Clipping

Internet Explorer 9. Internet Explorer 9 optimized the performance of window-drawing routines that involve clipping regions associated with child windows. This helped improve the performance of certain window drawing operations. However, certain applications hosting the WebBrowser Control rely on the previous behavior and do not function correctly when these optimizations are enabled. The FEATURE_ENABLE_CLIPCHILDREN_OPTIMIZATION feature can disable these optimizations.

By default, this feature is enabled for Internet Explorer and for applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. To disable this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable file to the following setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_ENABLE_CLIPCHILDREN_OPTIMIZATION
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 00000000

The feature is enabled when the value is set to (DWORD) 00000001 and disabled when the value is (DWORD) 00000000.

Circular References in Script Management

Internet Explorer 8 and later. By default, Internet Explorer reduces memory leaks caused by circular references between Internet Explorer and the Microsoft JScript engine, especially in scenarios where a webpage defines an expando and the page is refreshed. If a legacy application no longer functions with these changes, the FEATURE_MANAGE_SCRIPT_CIRCULAR_REFS feature can disable these improvements.

By default, this feature is enabled for Internet Explorer and for applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. To disable this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable file to the following setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_MANAGE_SCRIPT_CIRCULAR_REFS
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 00000000

The feature is enabled when the value is set to (DWORD) 00000001 and disabled when the value is (DWORD) 00000000.

Note Because this feature improves the stability of Internet Explorer, disabling this feature is strongly discouraged.

Clipboard Script Control

When enabled, the FEATURE_ENABLE_SCRIPT_PASTE_URLACTION_IF_PROMPT feature allows scripts control over the Clipboard, even when the URLACTION_SCRIPT_PASTE URL action is set to "Prompt." This allows applications hosting the WebBrowser Control to opt out of a specific security check that may be unnecessary for the content displayed by the application. If the content is fully trusted and cannot be modified by any third-party, it may be safe to enable this feature. However, such a design decision should include a full security assessment. For more information, see Threat Modeling.

By default, this feature is disabled for Internet Explorer and enabled for applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. To enable this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable file to the following setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_ENABLE_SCRIPT_PASTE_URLACTION_IF_PROMPT
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 00000001

The feature is enabled when the value is set to (DWORD) 00000001 and disabled when the value is (DWORD) 00000000.

Cross Domain Capture Event

The FEATURE_BLOCK_SETCAPTURE_XDOMAIN feature prevents capture events from being propagated to elements in webpages hosted on domains different than the one hosting the page containing the element that triggered the capture event.

By default, this feature is enabled for Internet Explorer 8 and for applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. To disable this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable file to the following setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_BLOCK_SETCAPTURE_XDOMAIN
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 00000000

The feature is enabled when the value is set to (DWORD) 00000001 and disabled when the value is (DWORD) 00000000.

Cross Domain Redirection

When enabled, the FEATURE_CROSS DOMAIN_REDIRECT_MITIGATION feature applies cross-domain security to support files loaded by a webpage, including images, JavaScript libraries, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, Microsoft ActiveX controls, and other file-based resources.

Note For security reasons, this feature should not be changed.

By default, this feature is enabled for Internet Explorer 8 and for applications hosting the WebBrowser Control. To disable this feature by using the registry, add the name of your executable to the following setting.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
FeatureControl
FEATURE_CROSS DOMAIN_REDIRECT_MITIGATION
contoso.exe = (DWORD) 00000000

The feature is enabled when the value is set to (DWORD) 00000001 and disabled when the value is (DWORD) 00000000.

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