Fix ICA or XenApp session fails to launch in Internet Explorer 11 (IE11)

ICA session fails to launch in Internet Explorer 11   Scenario: On a Windows 7 64 bit system running latest version of Citrix Receiver and running ICA session fine. You upgrade your browser from previous versions to the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11).  Since after your IE upgrade to version 11, your ICA or XenApp session fails to launch in Internet Explorer 11 (IE11).  Whenever, you attempt to start an ICA/XenApp session it results in below behaviour and error messages: ICA session waits with status message: “Contacted Server – waiting for response” After sometime results in Error message: ————- Error ————- […]

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How to determine a given web page/site is using HTML5 and not its older versions

  Requirement: You are a programmer/web developer/QA tester, you require to ensure that web page designed/tested is using HTML5.  How to find HTML version of Web page: Any browser detects the HTML version of the web pages by reading the very first line of a web page that is a declaration of <!DOCTYPE>.  The <!DOCTYPE> is not an HTML tag. It’s the very first instruction to the browser about what version of HTML the page is written in and/or what version of HTML to be used to render the page correctly. Example:  In below case the web page is using […]

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Internet Explorer: Registry equivalents or tweaks to list all ActiveX Add-ons listed in Internet Explorer “Manage Add-ons” Show “All add-ons” feature

Environment:  Windows 7 x64 bit + Internet Explorer 11 Requirement: You want to programmatically determine what all add-ons installed on your Windows 7 systems.  To do this you need to know where IE saves all of its Add-ons configuration/details. Solution: Here is a quick list of various locations that IE look for all of its add-ons on the system.  This list is obtained by profiling the IE browser while doing operation of: Internet Options > Manage Add-ons > In Show: drop down list > Select “All Add-ons” as shown below: Resultant list of Internet Explorer browser add-on registry paths: Sl.No […]

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