How to Extend IE mode more than 30 days

I'm not sure a GUI is really necessary because a non-technical user can add their IE Mode pages via Edge and then just run the script. A technical user, who may want to automate the configuration for other users, shouldn't have any trouble editing the script.

The GUI would be mainly for those who messed up adding the URLs in the first place, and they are confused about what exactly did they add. The FindReplace (or RemoveEntries) is well and good, but if they don't remember, and the entry is too long to copy from Edge, and they can't be bothered to Reset then Re-Add ... then it will help to have a simple window populated with whatever is in the current user_list_data_1, with 2 buttons beside each line, "edit" and "remove", and an empty field at the end, with an "add" button beside it ... maybe even an import section, where it reads from a csv and populates a scrollable list, with an "add bulk" button.

It's helpful sometimes to visualize the current state, in order to be able to make a decision about what they want to add. They can do it from the Edge settings itself, but that's a multi-step action, while a GUI would make it all run from the script.

But you are right, this is basically me being lazy, and thinking "Hey, Lazy poeple are people too :) "

But if you decide to create a GUI, I'd be very interested to see what you come up with. I have a lot of expertise with HTAs. I have no experience with WPF or WinForms. I have seen that for PowerShell, AnyBox looks like an easy way to add GUI elements, but I've never tried it.

Oh, good, as I have no experience with HTAs whatsoever. I was going to create a simple (read: fugly) web page, and use the click driven actions of the buttons to implement this. You will probably make a better one in a fraction of the time.

I have experience with winforms on PowerShell though, as I like my scripts to show up as a system tray icon, with context menus to enable/disable different aspects of the script. I even go a step further and use ps2exe module to convert the ps1 scripts to executables. Helps with curcumventing the Execution Policies for the scripts, and just plain gets ignored by the Antimalware, except when I kill processes (which you are doing) but there is a work around for that, as far as I recall.

I have never tried AnyBox either. I skimmed it just now, and I think it's too much of a hassle for the quick "1 form" jobs.

Anyway, I'll create the GUI for the ps1, and avoid the embarrassment of creating an HTA :D

I will post when I have something ...

Thanks for catching that bug. Fixed now.

I'm not sure a GUI is really necessary because a non-technical user can add their IE Mode pages via Edge and then just run the script. A technical user, who may want to automate the configuration for other users, shouldn't have any trouble editing the script.

But if you decide to create a GUI, I'd be very interested to see what you come up with. I have a lot of expertise with HTAs. I have no experience with WPF or WinForms. I have seen that for PowerShell, AnyBox looks like an easy way to add GUI elements, but I've never tried it.

I made some further enhancements to the script and also wrote a PowerShell version. Details can be found on the IEModeExpiryFix page.

Nice ... Your dedication is admirable.

I'll see if I can make a GUI for both. HTA for the vbs, and WPF for the ps1 (or even winforms, as there isn't much to do except show current URLs, add to them, remove from them, edit them, checkboxes for backup and reset)

I'll post the code here though, and it'll be totally up to you to include them or not.

P.S. You might want to test for InStr(Data,"user_list_data_1")>0 in the ClearEntries sub, just in case some idiot (Yes, me) tries to RemoveAll when there are no entries to begin with.

Thanks again

I made some further enhancements to the script and also wrote a PowerShell version. Details can be found on the IEModeExpiryFix page.

As per the comment in the script:

"This script only works with completely local Edge profiles. It will not work if Edge is signed-in."

You must sign out of Edge. It's not possible to use this script and have synced profiles.

This is not an issue with the script, but just the way Edge works. If you are signed out of Edge and manually add IE Mode pages to Edge and then sign in, Edge removes all the IE Mode pages. If you are signed into Edge, it will only accept changes to the Preferences via Edge (i.e. interactively using its interface). Any changes made outside of Edge are discarded in favor of the synced copy in the cloud.