Open Local Files in IE

[Sticky]

When running the following code, line 3 causes $script_browser to no longer be an Internet Explorer object, which you can see in the error messages caused by lines 5 & 7.

#include <IE.au3>
$script_browser = _IECreate()
_IENavigate($script_browser, @ScriptDir& "\step1.html")
Sleep(2500)
_IENavigate($script_browser, @ScriptDir& "\step2.html")
Sleep(2500)
_IENavigate($script_browser, @ScriptDir& "\step3.html")

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IENavigate, $_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IENavigate, $_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType

[BrewManNH]

Try adding #RequireAdmin at the top of your script and see if that works for you.

[Sticky]

That did the trick! Is this the only way to have local files open in IE?

[BrewManNH]

From the help file for _IENavigate:

New security in Windows Vista causes a new browser window to be created when a browser is instructed to navigate to a URL in a different security zone. This occurs as well with the initial creation and navigation initiated with _IECreate. The new window is a new browser instance and the previous browser object variable no longer points to it. There are several workarounds: 1) add #RequireAdmin to your code (this is required even if the account is part of the Administrator's Group and will propmt for credentials if necessary), 2) use _IEAttach to connect to the new browser window 3) add the target website to the Trusted Sites security zone in IE, 4) turn off "Protected Mode" in IE, or 5) disable UAC. Care must be taken to understand the implications of disabling IE security features when accessing untrusted sites.

[Sticky]

Thank you very much for your help, much appreciated!