SCRIPT5: Access is denied in IE9 on xmlhttprequest

javascript xmlhttprequest internet-explorer-9
Eric L picture Eric L · Apr 26, 2011 · Viewed 116.7k times · Source 
var xhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open('GET', 'foo.xml', false);

F12 pops back: SCRIPT5: Access is denied. on Line 95, which is the xhttp.open line.

My JavaScript seems well-formed, and Firefox does what I think it should.

I've read a lot of questions very similar to this one, so I've checked out the Same Origin Policy, but I can't see how it'd apply considering foo.xml is in the same directory as the html file. I opened up the scripting permissions on my local intranet, and told McAfee to take a five-minute break, just to be sure. I even tried running IE as admin, so this can't really be a permissions issue can it? Why else would IE be denied access to a local file?

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Horst Walter picture Horst Walter · Jul 26, 2011

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