Internet Explorer for Script

[lmstearn]

Code in ComObjCreate:

ie := ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
ie.Visible := true ; This is known to work incorrectly on IE7.
ie.Navigate("https://www.autohotkey.com/")

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test.ahk
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Error: 0x800401F3 - Invalid class string

Line#
---> 001: ie := ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")

The reason is that in a previous iteration of Windows, 32 bit Internet Explorer was removed from this computer in favour of IE64. Unfortunately, Windows Update somehow put an end to that. Thus, there is no Internet Explorer on the computer.
It might help the small, (but growing?) portion of AHK users without IE installed to indicate the script won't work without it.
Of interest is that URLDownloadToFile continues to work. So the engine of IE and its COM interface still resides on the PC, somewhere.
Thanks.

[nnnik]

I doubt windows is going to remove internet explorer for rendering purposes anytime soon. Its still relevant to many UIs - even professional ones.