How to check and set Default Home Page URL using a script
The following knowledgebase will explain the methods you can use to check the Default Home Page URL on local and remote computer.
To check on a local computer:
You can use the following methods:
- Connecting to Remote Registry Service
- Using a script
The first method is easy but includes a lot of efforts. You can navigate to the following location in registry after connecting to remote registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
The above registry includes the following values in right pane:
Default_Page_URL REG_SZ http://portal.csc.com/\
To check on a Remote Computer:
You can use the below script to check the Default Home Page URL on a remote computer:
@echo off
Srvlist=C:\Temp\Srvlist.txt
Echo Computer Name, Default Home Page >> Result.csv
SET Default_URL=
For /F “Tokens=*” %%a In (%srvlist%) Do (
Set Comp_name=%%a
Set RegQry=”\\%%a\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main” /v Default_Page_URL
REG.exe Query %RegQry% > CheckCC.txt
Find /i "Default_Page_URL" < CheckCC.txt > StringCheck.txt
FOR /f “Tokens=3” %%b in (CheckCC.txt) DO SET Default_URL=%%b
Echo %Comp_name, %Default_URL% >> Result.csv
)
The above script will check remote computer for one registry entry for checking Default Home Page URL and the results will be saved in a CSV format file.