Change IE's default friendly error pages? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

k1ng · 10-02-2003, 06:20 PM

Does anyone know how to change IE's "friendly" error pages? I know how to disable them, but I don't know how to edit them.

I'm running WinXP and IE 6.0

Thanks for the help!

-k1ng

chodarama · 10-03-2003, 11:43 AM

" In Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, when the Wininet.dll file cannot resolve a request, it displays an embedded Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) error message and a non-descriptive definition (for example, "Navigation Canceled" or "Unable to retrieve Webpage in Offline mode".) These error messages are a resource (res

of the Shdocvw.dll file. A resource is HTML code that a program uses for display purposes that is embedded in a dynamic link library (DLL) file. In Internet Explorer 5 or later, these error messages are stored as a resource of the Shdoclc.dll file. When the error message is received it is replaced with a corresponding HTML template, which can contain any of the following types of information:"

from http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;218155

Oh, this applies to all versions of IE after 4

So you might try opening the dll in a hex editor if you want to edit the error messages.

k1ng · 10-07-2003, 09:19 PM

I got it.. thanks =)

10-02-2003, 06:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
k1ng Nothing Location: Atlanta, GA	Change IE's default friendly error pages? Does anyone know how to change IE's "friendly" error pages? I know how to disable them, but I don't know how to edit them. I'm running WinXP and IE 6.0 Thanks for the help! -k1ng

10-03-2003, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
chodarama Insane Location: a van, down by the river	" In Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, when the Wininet.dll file cannot resolve a request, it displays an embedded Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) error message and a non-descriptive definition (for example, "Navigation Canceled" or "Unable to retrieve Webpage in Offline mode".) These error messages are a resource (res of the Shdocvw.dll file. A resource is HTML code that a program uses for display purposes that is embedded in a dynamic link library (DLL) file. In Internet Explorer 5 or later, these error messages are stored as a resource of the Shdoclc.dll file. When the error message is received it is replaced with a corresponding HTML template, which can contain any of the following types of information:" from http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;218155 Oh, this applies to all versions of IE after 4 So you might try opening the dll in a hex editor if you want to edit the error messages. Last edited by chodarama; 10-03-2003 at 11:57 AM..

10-07-2003, 09:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
k1ng Nothing Location: Atlanta, GA	I got it.. thanks =) __________________ "Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant." -Joseph Epstein