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I was seeing an issue where the vSphere console windows not loading after upgrading to IE 11.  The progress wheel would continuously spin cut the VM desktop would never appear.

After adding the vSphere site address to the compatibility view settings list in IE 11 the console view worked with no further issues but I then had an issue that I was no longer able to access other sites on the same domain (Citrix director 7.6 site) that would not run under compatibility mode. (the option in IE will only add the primary domain address)

So I used gpedit to add the subdomain site address for vsphere to the compatibility list.

If you try to add “vsphere.domain.com” to the Compatibility List using IE’s Internet Options you can only add the full domain, “domain.com” to the list.

To work around this I was able to add the individual subdomain page address to the compatability list using gpedit.msc

  • Make sure you do not have Compatibility View turned on for the entire domain in the IE Compatibility Options.

Add the subdomain (vsphere.domain.com) to your Compatibility List, make the following change by running gpedit.msc using an account with admin rights.

  • Expand the gpedit menu options to Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Internet Explorer \ Compatibility View and choose Use Policy List of Internet Explorer 7 sites:
  • Double-click the option, select the option to enable, click the button to show the current site list and double click the value field and enter the site address for the vSphere site (Example below):

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After saving the change log off of the machine and log back in to apply the change.

Thanks,

Matt

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