Turning off IE friendly errors mode registry option
Fri, 06/13/2008 - 23:24 — Alex
Continuing collecting system tweaks that are suitable for software developers, I've decided to create a registry patch that turning off IE's friendly errors (the messages that IE shows instead of actual error). Just create file fix.ie.friendly.error.reg with the following content and run it when you want to disable them:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Friendly http errors"="no"
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Difference
Alex, where is the big difference? I've added this registry change (btw, this setting can be also changed in Options, Advanced ..) and it only shows me modal dialog instead of warning in status bar in the bottom. Did I missed smt?
RE: Difference
If you are familiar with server-side scripting, you can create a PHP script that returns syntax error. Something like "<?php asdf asdf asdf" and try to access it via browser. With "friendly errors" turned on the IE should show something like this:
http://images.google.com/images?q=IE+friendly+http+error+message&gbv=2
E.g.: "This page cannot be displayed".
With "friendly errors" turned off IE should show the actual text, in our case:
PHP Parse error: syntax error ....
Looks like my server always
Looks like my server always had pre-defined not to shown nice HTTP errors as I've never encountered that. Good to know though.
Tnx for explain.