Daily Archives: 2009/03/29

IE8 smashes Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 Class-Wizard

It seems that the new IE8 has some conflicts with Visual Studio 2008 (incl. SP1). After you installed IE8, you are not able to use the call-wizard for MFC projects anymore. It always gives you an error that there is a bug on the page:
Visual Studio 2008 bug after installing IE8

Currently there is a workaround, until a “real” fix is present:

  • Open regedit
  • Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings \ Zones
    create a new key called 1000 (if it isn’t already there)
  • Under 1000, create a DWORD entry with:
    • Name = 1207
    • Type = REG_DWORD
    • Data = 0x000000

Visual Studio 2008 hotfix for IE8

You can also download the zipped reg-file.

Just for completeness: There is a connect entry since 9 days…

Addition: The problem also occurs with VS2005 (and maybe earlier versions 😉 )

More infos is available from the VC-Teamblog.