Microsoft KB Archive/927846

= The encoded characters are not removed from the URL when you retrieve the &quot;document.URLUnencoded&quot; property in Windows Internet Explorer 7 =

Article ID: 927846

Article Last Modified on 5/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP
 * Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003
 * Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 IA64
 * Windows Internet Explorer 7

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SYMPTOMS
When you retrieve the document.URLUnencoded property in Windows Internet Explorer 7, the encoded characters are not removed from the URL.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use the unescape JScript function instead of the document.URLUnencoded property, as in the following line of code. unescape(document.URL)



MORE INFORMATION
To see the issue that is described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section, use Internet Explorer 7 to visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534709.aspx

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