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Well to launch the site it needs a IE or any other browser..but any site also loads in Mycomputer and i marked that iexplore.exe does not start when site loaded through Mycomputer.

Is this is a safe thing to do that ?

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A short technical clarification that expands on and addresses s observation.

Windows Explorer can host the Internet Explorer rendering engine (the WebBrowser ActiveX control) inside the explorer.exe process, so HTML, CSS and client scripts can be rendered without launching a separate iexplore.exe process. That is why pages can appear inside "My Computer" or the preview pane even though you do not see iexplore.exe start. The rendering work is done by components such as mshtml.dll/shdocvw.dll that can be loaded in-process.

Practical checks and quick fixes:

  • Watch Task Manager or use Sysinternals Process Explorer while opening the file; look for mshtml.dll loaded into explorer.exe versus a new iexplore.exe process.
  • Disable the Explorer preview pane or web view to stop in-process rendering (View -> Preview pane / Navigation pane).
  • Force an external browser with right-click -> Open with -> choose the browser, or change file associations in Default Programs (or Folder Options on older Windows).
  • If iexplore.exe was intentionally blocked, restore normal associations instead of killing the process; some shell features rely on the embedded engine.

Security note: in-process rendering runs with the privileges of explorer.exe, so treat untrusted local HTML cautiously. Where possible, use a modern browser or a sandbox for untrusted content and keep system/IE components patched.

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Yes it just "calls IE" when you goto a URL from a folder :)

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Yes it just "calls IE" when you goto a URL from a folder :)

But iexplore.exe does not load in background !
Is windows shell have capability to render web page or any script ?

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Yes because the shell is basically "Iexplore" but 'LOCALLY' on your computer......

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Thanks Dude for clearing my confusion..
Have a nice day..

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Your welcome my friend :)

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