Use latest version of Internet Explorer in the webbrowser control

Question

The default version of the webbrowser control in a C# Windows Forms application is 7. I have changed to 9 by the article Browser Emulation, but how is it possible to use the latest version of the installed Internet Explorer in a webbrowser control?

Answer 1

I saw Veer's answer. I think it's right, but it did not I work for me. Maybe I am using .NET 4 and am using 64x OS so kindly check this.

You may put in setup or check it in start-up of your application:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {     var appName = Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName + ".exe";     SetIE8KeyforWebBrowserControl(appName); }  private void SetIE8KeyforWebBrowserControl(string appName) {     RegistryKey Regkey = null;     try     {         // For 64 bit machine         if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem)             Regkey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Main\\FeatureControl\\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", true);         else  //For 32 bit machine             Regkey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Main\\FeatureControl\\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", true);          // If the path is not correct or         // if the user haven't priviledges to access the registry         if (Regkey == null)         {             MessageBox.Show("Application Settings Failed - Address Not found");             return;         }          string FindAppkey = Convert.ToString(Regkey.GetValue(appName));          // Check if key is already present         if (FindAppkey == "8000")         {             MessageBox.Show("Required Application Settings Present");             Regkey.Close();             return;         }          // If a key is not present add the key, Key value 8000 (decimal)         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(FindAppkey))             Regkey.SetValue(appName, unchecked((int)0x1F40), RegistryValueKind.DWord);          // Check for the key after adding         FindAppkey = Convert.ToString(Regkey.GetValue(appName));          if (FindAppkey == "8000")             MessageBox.Show("Application Settings Applied Successfully");         else             MessageBox.Show("Application Settings Failed, Ref: " + FindAppkey);     }     catch (Exception ex)     {         MessageBox.Show("Application Settings Failed");         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);     }     finally     {         // Close the Registry         if (Regkey != null)             Regkey.Close();     } } 

You may find messagebox.show, just for testing.

Keys are as the following:

• 11001 (0x2AF9) - Internet Explorer 11. Webpages are displayed in IE11 edge mode, regardless of the !DOCTYPE directive.

• 11000 (0x2AF8) - Internet Explorer 11. Webpages containing standards-based !DOCTYPE directives are displayed in IE11 edge mode. Default value for IE11.

• 10001 (0x2711)- Internet Explorer 10. Webpages are displayed in IE10 Standards mode, regardless of the !DOCTYPE directive.

• 10000 (0x2710)- Internet Explorer 10. Webpages containing standards-based !DOCTYPE directives are displayed in IE10 Standards mode. Default value for Internet Explorer 10.

• 9999 (0x270F) - 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.

Reference: MSDN: Internet Feature Controls

I saw applications like Skype use 10001. I do not know.

NOTE

The setup application will change the registry. You may need to add a line in the Manifest File to avoid errors due to permissions of change in registry:

<requestedExecutionLevel level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="false" /> 

UPDATE 1

This is a class will get the latest version of IE on windows and make changes as should be;

public class WebBrowserHelper {       public static int GetEmbVersion()     {         int ieVer = GetBrowserVersion();          if (ieVer > 9)             return ieVer * 1000 + 1;          if (ieVer > 7)             return ieVer * 1111;          return 7000;     } // End Function GetEmbVersion      public static void FixBrowserVersion()     {         string appName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);         FixBrowserVersion(appName);     }      public static void FixBrowserVersion(string appName)     {         FixBrowserVersion(appName, GetEmbVersion());     } // End Sub FixBrowserVersion      // FixBrowserVersion("<YourAppName>", 9000);     public static void FixBrowserVersion(string appName, int ieVer)     {         FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", appName + ".exe", ieVer);         FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_CURRENT_USER", appName + ".exe", ieVer);         FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", appName + ".vshost.exe", ieVer);         FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_CURRENT_USER", appName + ".vshost.exe", ieVer);     } // End Sub FixBrowserVersion       private static void FixBrowserVersion_Internal(string root, string appName, int ieVer)     {         try         {             //For 64 bit Machine              if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem)                 Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(root + @"\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", appName, ieVer);             else  //For 32 bit Machine                  Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(root + @"\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", appName, ieVer);           }         catch (Exception)         {             // some config will hit access rights exceptions             // this is why we try with both LOCAL_MACHINE and CURRENT_USER         }     } // End Sub FixBrowserVersion_Internal       public static int GetBrowserVersion()     {         // string strKeyPath = @"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer";         string strKeyPath = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer";         string[] ls = new string[] { "svcVersion", "svcUpdateVersion", "Version", "W2kVersion" };          int maxVer = 0;         for (int i = 0; i < ls.Length; ++i)         {             object objVal = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.GetValue(strKeyPath, ls[i], "0");             string strVal = System.Convert.ToString(objVal);             if (strVal != null)             {                 int iPos = strVal.IndexOf('.');                 if (iPos > 0)                     strVal = strVal.Substring(0, iPos);                  int res = 0;                 if (int.TryParse(strVal, out res))                     maxVer = Math.Max(maxVer, res);             } // End if (strVal != null)          } // Next i          return maxVer;     } // End Function GetBrowserVersion    } 

using of class as followed

WebBrowserHelper.FixBrowserVersion(); WebBrowserHelper.FixBrowserVersion("SomeAppName"); WebBrowserHelper.FixBrowserVersion("SomeAppName",intIeVer); 

you may face a problem for in comparability of windows 10, may due to your website itself you may need to add this meta tag

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=11" > 

Enjoy :)