Setting the GeoSetter Web Browser Version

The map in the wonderful program GeoSetter has started showing an error message saying that the Google Maps JavaScript API isn't supported on the browser. This is because GeoSetter uses an embedded browser, which unfortunately defaults to a very old version of Internet Explorer. However, by editing the Windows Registry, we can force the embedded browser to default to a newer version.

1. Press Win+R, type regedit.exe and press enter.

2. Navigate to Computer\​HKEY_CURRENT_USER\​Software\​Microsoft\​Internet Explorer\​Main\​FeatureControl\​FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION

3. Right-click in the right-side panel and select New

4. Select DWORD

5. Enter GeoSetter.exe as the name.

6. Double-click on the name, and enter 2af9 as the value. (See Browser Emulation for an explanation of the value.)

   

When done, you should have something that looks like this:

Note that you may have other values here as well. That's fine, as long as the GeoSetter.exe value is there, everything is as it should be.