How to set the "home page" for the Internet Explorer from Delphi code

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Here's how to change the home page for the IE from Delphi code (IE-Tools-Internet options...)

 

uses Registry;
...
function SetIEHomePage(PageName: string): Boolean;
begin
  with TRegistry.Create do
  try
    RootKey := HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
    OpenKey('\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main', False) ;
    try
      WriteString('Start Page', PageName) ;
      Result := True;
    except
      Result := False;
    end;
    CloseKey;
  finally
    Free;
  end;
end;
//Usage:
SetIEHomePage('http://kurapa.com')
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