Set Homepage

[vbPoet]

is there any way to set IE6 home page
programatically.

[penagate]

Registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

it is a string value.

[Hack]

is there any way to set IE6 home page
programatically.

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal HKey As Long) _
As Long
Private Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" _
(ByVal HKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "" ()
Private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" _
(ByVal HKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, _
ByVal dwType As Long, lpData As Any, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
 
Private Const REG_SZ = 1
Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
 
Private Sub SaveString(HKey As Long, Path As String, Name As String, Data As String)
    
    Dim KeyHandle As Long
    Dim RetVal As Long
    RetVal = RegCreateKey(HKey, Path, KeyHandle)
    RetVal = RegSetValueEx(KeyHandle, Name, 0, REG_SZ, ByVal Data, Len(Data))
    RetVal = RegCloseKey(KeyHandle)
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub SetStartPage(URL As String)
Call SaveString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main", "Start Page", URL)
End Sub
 
Private Sub SetWindowTitle(Title As String)
Call SaveString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main", "Window Title", Title)
End Sub
 
Private Sub cmdSetStartPage_Click()
SetStartPage ("http://www.vbforums.com/")
SetWindowTitle ("Your One Stop For All Technical Questions")
End Sub

[sciguyryan]

You can change it by altering the registry....

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\ And the key Start Page

Be aware that is the user has an anti-browser hijacker installed it will change this back automatically.


Cheers,

RyanJ