How to lock the homepage in Internet Explorer

How to lock the homepage in Internet Explorer (PowerShell)

Introduction
This script shows how to lock the homepage in Internet Explorer.

Scenarios
Some applications will change customers' IE homepage. This script is to lock IE homepage.

Script

Step 1: Right Click the script and select Run with PowerShell.

Step 2: Then there will be a dialog. If you want to lock current homepage, then press enter to continue. Otherwise enter the web site address you want to lock and press enter to continue.

Here are some code snippets for your references

PowerShell

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If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
{   
$arguments = "& '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'"
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments
Break
}
 
#Registry path 
$homepath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main"
#Homepage address
$homepage = (get-ItemProperty -Path $homepath -Name "start page").{Start page}
 
#Confirm locking homepage
$choice = Read-Host "Do you want to lock $homepage as IE homepage?(If yes press ENTER, otherwise enter the site you want to set as homepage )"
if($choice -ne "")
{
    
    Set-ItemProperty -Path  $homepath -Name "Start page" -Value $choice
    $homepage = $choice
}
 
#Modify registry
$path =  "HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel"
 
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"  -Confirm:$false -Recurse
 
New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
 
New-Item -path  $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
 
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "HomePage" -Value 1 -PropertyType String | Out-Null
 
Write-Host "Lock $homepage as IE homepage successfully." -ForegroundColor Green
 
cmd /c pause

If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) 
{    
$arguments = "& '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'" 
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments 
Break 
} 
  
#Registry path  
$homepath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" 
#Homepage address 
$homepage = (get-ItemProperty -Path $homepath -Name "start page").{Start page} 
  
#Confirm locking homepage 
$choice = Read-Host "Do you want to lock $homepage as IE homepage?(If yes press ENTER, otherwise enter the site you want to set as homepage )" 
if($choice -ne "") 
{ 
     
    Set-ItemProperty -Path  $homepath -Name "Start page" -Value $choice 
    $homepage = $choice 
} 
  
#Modify registry 
$path =  "HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel" 
  
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"  -Confirm:$false -Recurse 
  
New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null 
  
New-Item -path  $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null 
  
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "HomePage" -Value 1 -PropertyType String | Out-Null 
  
Write-Host "Lock $homepage as IE homepage successfully." -ForegroundColor Green 
  
cmd /c pause

Prerequisite

Windows 8

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