My learning paths: Disable/Enable Script Debugging in Internet Explorer programmatically

Hello everybody,

Currently I was involved in a project where I had to disable script debugging from registry.

After a lot of searching and googling I came across some thing like this:

UI Location:

Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->Browsing

Registry:

Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Browsing: Disable script debugging (Internet Explorer)

Name: DisableScriptDebuggerIE

Type: REG_SZ

Data: yes (checked in the UI) or no (unchecked in the UI)

Browsing: Disable script debugging (Other)

Name: Disable Script Debugger

Type: REG_SZ

Data: yes (checked in the UI) or no (unchecked in the UI)

Reference: http://ie7triage.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3B6634EF5458F389!443.entry

But for me, I had to do it programmatically so I started writing the code and after some issues and problems, It worked. :) .

I came across number of similar questions on other forums. Owing to my big heart, I decided to blog it and here I am:

I am not going in much detail as starting from create a Website or web Application or windows appluication and blah blah blah!

Assuming you are all smart programmers, I would start with creating a button and working on its click.

In the design page:

Just create a button on the page with text as Disable Script Debugging and id as

btnDisableJavascript

In the code page:

Namespace: using Microsoft.Win32;

   //Click of btnDisableJavascript
   protected void btnDisableJavascript_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
   bool enable = false;

   if (btnDisableJavascript.Text == "Disable Javascript")
   {
   enable = false;
   btnDisableJavascript.Text="Enable Javascript";
   }
   else
   {
   enable = true;
   btnDisableJavascript.Text="Disable Javascript";
   }
   EnableDisableJavaScript(enable);
   }

   //Disable/Enable Javascript from code(Registry):
   public static void EnableDisableJavaScript(bool enable)
   {
   //get the registry key for your local system
   RegistryKey regKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Main", true);
   if (regKey != null)
   {
   try
   {
   //if you want to disable script debugging
   if (enable == false)
   {
   //set REG_SEZ for Disable Script Debugger(Internet Explorer) to yes
   regKey.SetValue("DisableScriptDebuggerIE", "yes");
   //set REG_SEZ for Disable Script Debugger(Other) to yes
   regKey.SetValue("Disable Script Debugger", "yes");
   }
   else //if you want to enable script debugging
   {
   //set REG_SEZ for Disable Script Debugger(Internet Explorer) to no
   regKey.SetValue("DisableScriptDebuggerIE", "no");
   //set REG_SEZ for Disable Script Debugger(Other) to no
   regKey.SetValue("Disable Script Debugger", "no");
   }
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
   throw new ApplicationException(ex.Message, null);
   }
   }
   }

When you'll run, the disable javascript button is displayed as follows:

Click this button, after processing is complete, go to Tools>Internet Options>Advanced Tab:

you can see the checkboxes for Disable Script Debugger(Internet Explorer) and Disable Script Debugger(Other)are checked as below