Applies ToInternet Explorer 9

Warning: The retired, out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 desktop application has been permanently disabled through a Microsoft Edge update on certain versions of Windows 10. For more information, see Internet Explorer 11 desktop app retirement FAQ.

Symptoms

When you use the following Group Policy to configure the Pop-up allow list option for Internet Explorer 9, the pop-up window does not work as expected:

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Component\Internet Explorer\Pop-up allow listHowever, if you use the following registry subkey to configure the binary data for the Pop-up allow list option, the pop-up window works as expected:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow

Resolution

Security update information

To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://update.microsoft.comFor technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspxNote This update was first included in security update 2618444. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2618444 MS11-099: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer: December 13, 2011

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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