Windows – Where Windows stores Internet Options

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I'm trying to find where in Regedit Windows stores the security settings available on 'Internet Options', specially the one at Miscellaneous > Display mixed content.

That's because i have an app that uses Internet Explorer and some of this settings cause problems , so i'd like to offer an option to auto-setup the options.

Thanks

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According to Microsoft, it's stored in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\XXX

(where XXX is the current zone ID as mapped via ZoneMap)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/182569

In this key are several DWORD values given by a numeric ID. "Display mixed content" is value ID 1609.

Also according to that page:

Note: Unless stated otherwise, each DWORD value is equal to zero, one, or three. Typically, a setting of zero sets a specific action as permitted, a setting of one causes a prompt to appear, and a setting of three prohibits the specific action.

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