Turning images on/off in Internet Explorer

Problem/Question/Abstract:

Turning images on/off in Internet Explorer

Answer:

You can disable downloading images in IE using the registry. The setting will effect future IE instances or as soon as the user opens the OPTIONS dialog.

Many other interesting flags can be found under

  \Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\

Call the function below as

  SetIE_DisplayInlineImages(false);


procedure SetIE_DisplayInlineImages(bDisplay: boolean);
const
  DisplayInlineImages = 'Display Inline Images';
var
  sTmp: string;
begin
  with TRegistry.Create do
  begin
    RootKey := HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
    OpenKey('\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main', True);
    if bDisplay then
      sTmp := 'yes'
    else
      sTmp := 'no';
    WriteString(DisplayInlineImages, sTmp);
    Free;
  end { with TRegistry.Create };
end;