Launch URLs in Internet Explorer Tabs

[dwa2005]

I have been trying for sometime to launch URLs in tabs within Internet Explorer. While I have been successful, it fails more times that succeeds. The error message is always the same: The interface is unknown. (Exception from HRESULT: 0X800706B5). I can always get the first item to launch, but it always seems to fail at the second or third item. The items are an array built from a semi-colon separated list. My code is below.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

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$CurrentURLsArray = $CurrentURLs.Split(";")
$navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000;
$ie = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
$ie.Visible = $true;
foreach ($item in $CurrentURLsArray)
{
Try
{
if ($item -eq $CurrentURLsArray[0]) { $ie.Navigate2($item); }
Else
{
$ie.Navigate2($item, $navOpenInBackgroundTab);
}
}
Catch
{
$FailedApps = 1
$ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message

"Failed to launch URL - $item" | Out-File $LogFile -Append
"Error Message: $ErrorMessage" | Out-File $LogFile -Append
}

}


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Product, version and build: Powershell Studio 2018 5.5.153
32 or 64 bit version of product: 64-bit
Operating system:
32 or 64 bit OS: 64-bit

[davidc]

[TOPIC MOVED TO WINDOWS POWERSHELL FORUM BY MODERATOR]

[jvierra]

Note the message on the top of this page: "Any code longer than three lines should be added as code using the 'Select Code' dropdown menu or attached as a file."

You have to wait until the page loads before specifying a new page.

While($ie.Busy){sleep 1}

Also IE will not cause an exception on a failed navigate. "Try/Catch" is not very useful here. If you are getting exceptions then there is some other issue with you browser.