I do have to say that I do use IE (9, at that) and have never seen the issue that’s described. I expect it’s more than meets the eye. I haven’t really looked into the registry change suggested above, nor do I have a “broken” BitComet to compare those settings (and my current settings) against.
However, the registry settings indicate that affected systems have some messed up settings for Protected Mode. I would be curious from a purely academic view to know if there’s a common thread between the IE installations having the issue. If nothing else, it might help people come up with a good workaround until the time it’s fixed. Such questions as the following come to mind:
Windows general:
Windows version
32-/64-bit
UAC enabled/disabled
IE Security:
Internet zone security level
Whether BitComet’s servers are in the Trusted or Restricted Sites (or neither)
Protected Mode enabled/disabled
Internet Options (Advanced):
Security: Allow active content to run in files on My Computer
(Now that I listed these, it strikes me that the data is potentially useful to the BitComet developers to allow the installer to offer to fix the settings or to make the program work around them…)
My gut says that it’s one or more of the options listed above that’s at fault. Further, my gut is leaning toward the active content being disabled.
For comparison with those having issues, on my working BitComet installs, I run 64-bit Windows Vista/2008/2008R2/7 with UAC enabled across the board. I leave the Internet zone set to Medium-High, I don’t have any BitComet servers listed in any zones, and have Protected Mode enabled. I also allow active content to be run from files on My Computer.
Of course, my gut might be wrong. It may well be that some people have gotten unlucky and somehow their registry settings differ from mine and the previous poster’s registry changes may shed light on the issue. However, since he did not describe which value in particular is likely in error, and what the value means, it’s really hard to know for sure. Personally, I wouldn’t make unknown changes to my security zones. It seems very… insecure. :rolleyes: