Launch Internet Explorer in a separate process

Launch Internet Explorer in a separate process

This tip originally appeared on SearchWindowsServer.com, a sister site of SearchSMB.com.

This setting creates a new process for each instance of Internet Explorer. It prevents one instance of Internet Explorer from affecting other instances

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if it stops responding.

Download SMS Installer Script:
8865BrowseProcess.ipf

User Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess

Value Name: BrowseNewProcess (REG_SZ)

Data Values: Yes or No

=====Begin Script
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess
New Value=Yes
Value Name=BrowseNewProcess
Root=1
end
=====End Script

Rod Trent, manager of myITforum.com and a Microsoft MVP, is a leading expert on Microsoft Systems Management Server. He has more than 18 years of IT experience -- eight of which have been dedicated to SMS. He is the author of such books as Microsoft SMS Installer, Admin911:SMS and Windows 2000 IIS 5.0: A Beginner's Guide, and has written thousands of articles on technology topics.

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This was first published in May 2005

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