By default hosted IE control emulates IE7 regardless which version of IE is installed. To fix this, a proper value
    must be set for the executable.
    See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330730%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#browser_emulation for details on this
    behaviour.

def set_ie_mode():
    """
    By default hosted IE control emulates IE7 regardless which version of IE is installed. To fix this, a proper value
    must be set for the executable.
    See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330730%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#browser_emulation for details on this
    behaviour.
    """

    try:
        import _winreg as winreg  # Python 2
    except ImportError:
        import winreg  # Python 3

    def get_ie_mode():
        """
        Get the installed version of IE
        :return:
        """
        ie_key = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer")
        try:
            version, type = winreg.QueryValueEx(ie_key, "svcVersion")
        except:
            version, type = winreg.QueryValueEx(ie_key, "Version")

        winreg.CloseKey(ie_key)

        if version.startswith("11"):
            value = 0x2AF9
        elif version.startswith("10"):
            value = 0x2711
        elif version.startswith("9"):
            value = 0x270F
        elif version.startswith("8"):
            value = 0x22B8
        else:
            value = 0x2AF9  # Set IE11 as default

        return value

    try:
        browser_emulation = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                                           r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION",
                                           0, winreg.KEY_ALL_ACCESS)
    except WindowsError:
        browser_emulation = winreg.CreateKeyEx(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                                               r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION",
                                               0, winreg.KEY_ALL_ACCESS)

    try:
        dpi_support = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                                     r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_96DPI_PIXEL",
                                     0, winreg.KEY_ALL_ACCESS)
    except WindowsError:
        dpi_support = winreg.CreateKeyEx(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                                               r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_96DPI_PIXEL",
                                               0, winreg.KEY_ALL_ACCESS)

    mode = get_ie_mode()
    executable_name = sys.executable.split("\\")[-1]
    winreg.SetValueEx(browser_emulation, executable_name, 0, winreg.REG_DWORD, mode)
    winreg.CloseKey(browser_emulation)

    winreg.SetValueEx(dpi_support, executable_name, 0, winreg.REG_DWORD, 1)
    winreg.CloseKey(dpi_support)