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Our web browser plugin works fine in IE9 and IE10 but in IE11 the plugin is neither recognized as an add-on or allowed to run. It's as if IE11 no longer supports ActiveX.
Surely there is a workaround but what do we need to change?
- DownloadX ActiveX Download Control is a free download manager ActiveX control used to download files from the Internet or Intranet. To speed up the downloading process, DownloadX will split each.
- On Internet Explorer 9 and later, if the ActiveX Filtering feature is turned on, it can block Lync Web App from loading correctly. You must disable it to use Lync Web App. If ActiveX filtering is turned on for a website, Internet Explorer displays the null icon in the address bar to indicate that the ActiveX controls have been filtered.
Feb 06, 2019 Open Internet Explorer and go to the site you want to allow ActiveX controls to run on. Select the Blocked button on the address bar, and then select Turn off ActiveX Filtering.If the Blocked button doesn't appear on the address bar, there's no ActiveX content available on that page.
NOTE: this questions is asked as the developer of the plugin and not the end-user who might need to correct IE settings!
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IE displays a
active x
warning and ask for permission if you allow it to run or not. To overcome this the only solution is to;- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.
- On the Security tab, click the Custom level button.
- Scroll down the Security Settings list until you see
ActiveX
controls and plug-ins. - For Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls, click Enable.
- Scroll down to Download signed ActiveX controls and click Enable orPrompt.
- Scroll down to Run
ActiveX
controls and plug-ins and click Enable orPrompt. - Scroll down to Script
ActiveX
controls marked safe for scripting andclick Enable or Prompt. - Click OK, and then click OK again.
There is no way to overcome this issue except changing manually Internet explorer settings. Try checking if plugin works fine while changed settings. If its still not working or not showing any warning is display try checking console for other errors which are not related to
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There is no solution to this problem. As of IE11 on Windows 8, Microsoft no longer allows ActiveX plugins to run in its browser space. There is absolutely nothing that a third party developer can do about it.
A similar thing has recently happened with the Chrome browser which no longer supports NPAPI plugins. Instead Chrome only supports PPAPI plugins which are useless for system level tasks once performed by NPAPI plugins.
So developers needing browser support for system interactive plugins can only recommend either the Firefox browser or the ASPS web browser.
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Does IE11 displays any message relative to the blocked execution of your ActiveX ?
You should read this and this.
Use the following JS function to detect support of ActiveX :
SébastienSébastien
Here's how I got it working:
- Include your URL in IE Trusted Sites
- run
gpedit.msc
(as Admin) and enable the following setting:For example, when you search for a film, we use your search information and location to show the most relevant cinemas near you. Like Verizon Media, our partners may also show you ads that they think match your interests.Learn more about how and how our.Select 'OK' to allow Verizon Media and our partners to use your data, or 'Manage options' to review our partners and your choices.Tip: to save these choices and avoid repeating this across devices.You can always update your preferences in the. Before you continue.Engadget is now part of the.We (Verizon Media) and our partners need your consent to access your device, set cookies, and use your data, including your location, to understand your interests, provide relevant ads and measure their effectiveness.Verizon Media will also provide relevant ads to you on our partners' products.How Verizon Media and our partners bring you better ad experiencesTo give you a better overall experience, we want to provide relevant ads that are more useful to you.We also use this information to show you ads for similar films you may like in the future.
gpedit->Local->Computer->Windows Comp->ActiveX Installer->ActiveX installation policy for sites in Trusted Zones
Enabled + Silently,Silently,Prompt
- Run gpupdate
- Relaunch your Browser
NOTES: Windows 10 EDGE don't have trusted sites, so you have to use IE 11. Lots of folk moaning about that!
AdeyAdey
We started finding some machines with IE 11 not playing video (via flash) after we set the emulation mode of our app (web browser control) to 110001. Adding the meta tag to our htm files worked for us.
RDHRDH
Try this tag on the pages that use the ActiveX control:
Note: this has to be the very first element in the
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In my IE11, works normally.Version: 11.306.10586.0
We can test if ActiveX works at IE, in this site: http://www.pcpitstop.com/testax.asp
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