UAC blocks IE add-on

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Frank Berzau

I am using IE7pro to change proxy settings quickly. Unfortunately this
feature of IE7pro no longer works under Vista, when IE runs in Protected
Mode. How can I allow IE7pro, without generally disabling protected mode? Is
there a way to manage this in a granular way?

Thanks, Frank
 
I am using IE7pro to change proxy settings quickly. Unfortunately this
feature of IE7pro no longer works under Vista, when IE runs in Protected
Mode. How can I allow IE7pro, without generally disabling protected mode? Is
there a way to manage this in a granular way?
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Can you just enable it through the add-on manager?
1. Open IE
2. Click Tools
3. Manage add-ons
4. Find the add-on you want (you may need to fiddle with the drop down to
find it)
5. Select the add-on and click the Enable radio button and then click OK.
 
The add-on as such works fine, just the proxy switching feature doesn't,
when IE is run in protected mode. I'm trying to keep protected mode ON,
while allowing this partilar add-on enough rights to switch proxy settings.

Thanks, Frank
 
The add-on as such works fine, just the proxy switching feature doesn't,
when IE is run in protected mode. I'm trying to keep protected mode ON,
while allowing this partilar add-on enough rights to switch proxy settings.
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Hmm. I am no expert on IE add-ons in IE7, but I am pretty certain that an
add-on would be stopped from changing your proxy settings by protected mode.
The point of protected mode is to prevent things inside IE from making
changes to your system, and setting a proxy server would definitely qualify.
Windows Defender attempts to protect your proxy settings too because spyware
uses proxy servers all the time to ensure that they can see all traffic you
send, including SSL traffic.

In other words, if there is a way to make an add-on in IE7 switch proxy
settings I don't know what it is.
 
I found a workaround which is somewhat ok.

Created an html page that I use as my homepage, I run this on the local web
server on my pc. Added the site (localhost) to the trusted sites, which has
protected mode off. Now I can change proxy settings using the add-on when I
start my browser, before going to the web site. Not perfect, but somehow ok
for me.

Thanks, Frank
 
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