Use latest version of Internet Explorer in the web

Question

The default version of the webbrowser control in a C# Windows Forms application is 7. I have changed to 9 by the article Browser Emulation, but how is it possible to use the latest version of the installed Internet Explorer in a webbrowser control?

Answer 1

Here the method that I usually use and works for me (both for 32 bit and 64 bit applications; ie_emulation can be anyone documented here: Internet Feature Controls (B..C), Browser Emulation):

    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        if (!mutex.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), false))
        {
            // Another application instance is running
            return;
        }
        try
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

            var targetApplication = Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName  + ".exe";
            int ie_emulation = 10000;
            try
            {
                string tmp = Properties.Settings.Default.ie_emulation;
                ie_emulation = int.Parse(tmp);
            }
            catch { }
            SetIEVersioneKeyforWebBrowserControl(targetApplication, ie_emulation);

            m_webLoader = new FormMain();

            Application.Run(m_webLoader);
        }
        finally
        {
            mutex.ReleaseMutex();
        }
    }

    private static void SetIEVersioneKeyforWebBrowserControl(string appName, int ieval)
    {
        RegistryKey Regkey = null;
        try
        {
            Regkey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", true);

            // If the path is not correct or
            // if user haven't privileges to access the registry
            if (Regkey == null)
            {
                YukLoggerObj.logWarnMsg("Application FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION Failed - Registry key Not found");
                return;
            }

            string FindAppkey = Convert.ToString(Regkey.GetValue(appName));

            // Check if key is already present
            if (FindAppkey == "" + ieval)
            {
                YukLoggerObj.logInfoMsg("Application FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION already set to " + ieval);
                Regkey.Close();
                return;
            }

            // If a key is not present or different from desired, add/modify the key, key value
            Regkey.SetValue(appName, unchecked((int)ieval), RegistryValueKind.DWord);

            // Check for the key after adding
            FindAppkey = Convert.ToString(Regkey.GetValue(appName));

            if (FindAppkey == "" + ieval)
                YukLoggerObj.logInfoMsg("Application FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION changed to " + ieval + "; changes will be visible at application restart");
            else
                YukLoggerObj.logWarnMsg("Application FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION setting failed; current value is  " + ieval);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            YukLoggerObj.logWarnMsg("Application FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION setting failed; " + ex.Message);

        }
        finally
        {
            // Close the Registry
            if (Regkey != null)
                Regkey.Close();
        }
    }