Microsoft KB Archive/232702

= INFO: The Plugins Property Is Not Supported in Internet Explorer =

Article ID: 232702

Article Last Modified on 8/8/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q232702



SUMMARY
Microsoft Internet Explorer does not support the Plugins property for the Navigator object. The Navigator object is used to retrieve information about the capabilities of the current browser in use. The Plugins property is an alias for the collection of all the embedded objects in the Web page.



MORE INFORMATION
To determine if a plugin has been installed, use the FileSystemObject object to verify the plugin .dll file in one of the following directories:

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS\

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C:\Program Files\Plus!\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS\

For an example, see the following sample code:

   Dim fso, returnDir

Sub checkfile Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") returnDir = fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\Plus!\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS\myplugin.dll") If returnDir = True Then MsgBox "myplugin.dll is in C:\Program Files\Plus!\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS" End If           Set returnDir = Nothing End Sub

Sub window_unload(file) Set fso = Nothing End Sub  

   

NOTE: The CreateObject function is used with Low security only.

