ie8 javascript not running or loading

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I have un-installed and re-installed IE8 a few time and javascript will not run. I have checked jQuery and numerous sites, and run simple examples like alert("hi"); nothing works. The ie8 developer tools under script debugging says

"Breakpoint cannot be set in this location, the code in the document is not loaded"

This also happens when using the Spoon plugin and IE7 Or IE8.

also any of these scripts work just fine in firefox.

Any ideas or help is much appreciated!

Where will it not run? Not on any site? Or are you trying to run the scripts locally? — Ben Regenspan, Nov 25 '09 at 02:07

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '09 at 02:07

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Go to Internet Options, Security, Custom Level, and enable Active Scripting under Scripting.

answered Nov 25 '09 at 02:07

SLaks

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Thanks! I had checked the security settings. it didnt work. the javascript dll in IE/windows was messed up and had to be re-registered. – CodePyro Nov 26 '09 at 16:16
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Wow, just wasted 30 minutes trying to work this one out. Upvotes for everyone! – mdm Mar 23 '10 at 19:49

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '09 at 11:37

OS: WinXp service pack2 issue in IE7 and IE8

I had spent alot of time today, uninstalling and reinstalling IE v 7 & 8. I had checked the security settings multiple times. Even disabled my firewall, nothing worked. eventually a friend of mine found the clue.

Apparently IE7 & IE8 use the same javascript registered DLL which had become un-registered for whatever reason.

To fix it: Start > Run... In the Run box, type in (without quotes) "regsvr32 jscript.dll" You should receive a popup says that it registration succeeded.

I received an error, but I had to run command prompt As Administrator. It didn't solve my error, but the registering succeeded xD. — EricG, Oct 29 '12 at 15:52

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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I had the same problem, but the issue for me was the way I defined my block of script. I used type="application/javascript". This is supposed to be the correct way to do it, but IE only wants text/javascript.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Nov 16 '11 at 15:44

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 29 '12 at 16:07

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None of the above worked for me,

Reserved keyword
It was blocked because I tried to invoke my custom export function from my custom object. The 'export' keyword seemed to be reserved in IE.

Chrome works fine comme toujours.

answered Oct 29 '12 at 16:07

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 04 '11 at 06:21

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IE -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Disable script debugging (uncheck)
ensure tag ends with > instead of />

answered Aug 04 '11 at 06:21

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 09:27

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In my case the problem was that IE8, doesn't support Object.defineProperty, which lead to all JavaScript not working.

I found out about that problem, when I started debugging JavaScript in IE8 and got the error Object doesn't support this action.

answered Jul 11 '13 at 09:27

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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This helped me, apparently IE doesn't always load script when running from local drive. I had to add a "Mark of the Web".

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- saved from url=(0021)http://www.google.com -->
<html>

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answered Aug 09 '13 at 17:41

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 03 '14 at 06:45

for my case which was in IE11 in windows server 2008 R2

at first my site was recognized as internet zone which IE Security Level bar was configured high and not normal.

but adding my site simply to Trusted Sites which have low security via Internet options - Security tab - resolved the problem.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 17:30

Looks like there can be multiple causes for the same symptom. For me it turned out to be the ActiveX controls/active content was blocked (I'm developing on local and had forgotten that IE likes to make things nice and secure from local).

Side note: With IE9 (I just upgraded) they moved the 'yellow bar' to the bottom and I was failing to notice it. MS is missing more than hitting lately on their UX/UI design

(see for example the ribbon interface visual overload http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/29/new_office_11_for_mac_sports_dense_ribbons_of_buttons.html)

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered May 10 '13 at 11:36

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I tried regsvr32 jscript.dll, but it didn't work.

Then I tried

regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\jscript.dll
regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\jscript.dll

And it works!

answered May 10 '13 at 11:36

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 22 '16 at 03:45

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In my case, the JavaScript key const lead to an error that stop JavaScript execution. The key word is not support in the IE 10(and early version). See this for more infomation.

answered Feb 22 '16 at 03:45

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