setting multiple home pages via power shell

PowerShell Help
1

When setting up new users we have 6 pages that are requested to be readily accessible. i have a script that works 33% of the way

 

[pre]$HomeURL = “http://site1.com"
$HomeURL2 = “https://site2.com”
$HomeURL3 = “https://site3.com”
$HomeURL4 = “https://site4.com”
$HomeURL5 = “https://site5.com”
$HomeURL6 = “http://site6.com”

set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main’ -Name “Start Page” -Value $HomeURL
set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main’ -Name “Secondary Start Pages” -Value $HomeURL2,$HomeURL3,$HomeURL4,$HomeURL5,$HomeURL6,[/pre]

 

the first two URLs are opened but 3-6 are not. i have tried the , and the ; to separate the secondary start pages but no luck.

if you could let me know how i can reformat so that all the tabs open with their respective URL i would be thankful

 

2 
$Path = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main'
$StartPage = 'http://site1.com'
$SecondaryStartPageList = @(
    'https://site2.com',
    'https://site3.com',
    'https://site4.com',
    'https://site5.com',
    'http://site6.com'
)

Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name 'Start Page' -Value $StartPage
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name 'Secondary Start Pages' -Value $SecondaryStartPageList
3

Thank you for the help

it opens up the tabs but the urls are all strung along in the address bar and cannot open the page correctly

 

for example on the second tab the url is https://site2.com%https://site3.com%https//site4.com

i tried changing the , to ; with no luck

4

When you create the reg entry, is the type “REG_MULTI_SZ”? May be a silly question, but maybe why the second tab is combining the rest of the urls into a single string.

pwshliquori

5

they are REG_SZ not REG_MULTI_SZ

 

a simple way around it is i just copied the desired urls to notepad to a public drive and copy and pasted it. but now this is going to bug me where its going wrong in script form :slight_smile:

6

If you set the type to REG_MULTI_SZ and use the example from @Olaf-Soyk, it should work. I have tested and confirmed working in my lab environment.

Start Page type should be REG_SZ

and

Secondary Start Pages type should be REG_MULTI_SZ

pwshliquori

7

thank you i will give that a test. i do appreciate the help on this

If you set the type to REG_MULTI_SZ and use the example from @olaf-soyk, it should work. I have tested and confirmed working in my lab environment.

Start Page type should be REG_SZ

and

Secondary Start Pages type should be REG_MULTI_SZ

 

going by the code below where would the reg_multi_sz go?

Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name ‘Start Page’ -Value $StartPage
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name ‘Secondary Start Pages’ -Value $SecondaryStartPageList

 

 

 

8

Set-ItemProperty cannot update the type of a registry entry. You can use the New-ItemProperty, -Type and -Force to update the type of the entry.

You can find more information about New-ItemProperty from here

pwshliquori