How to set Internet Explorer Home Page in Windows 10?

There are various ways to set a home page in Internet Explorer. In this blog post, we will set the IE Home Page via GPO and registry.

Navigate to:

• User Configuration
• Policies
• Administrative Templates
• WindowsComponents
• Internet Explorer

Edit the “Disable changing home page settings” policy and select Enabled.

Another option: Use the registry to set the homepage

Deploy the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://www.DefaultWebSite.com/"

Use PowerShell to perform this task:

PS > Set-Location "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main"

Next:

PS > Set-ItemProperty . -Name "Start Page" -Value "http://www.DefaultWebSite.com"

 

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