This is a trivial problem but it has been a headache to me to the point that
I have almost given up on IE7.

I need IE to start up with a certain home page. This page is actually on my
computer (the same computer on which I am using IE). The page has some
Javascript, and every time I start IE it gives me the warning "IE has
restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could
access your computer."

As a result, the page does not fully load until I click through the "Allow
Blocked Content" and "Are you sure?" dialogs. This is incredibly annoying.

I thought I could solve this problem by setting my home page as a "Trusted
Site". I went through the <Tools> <Internet Options> <Security> menu to add
my home page to the trusted sites list. I get a dialog box in which I am
supposed to type in the URL of the site and click the "Add" button.

However, it does not accept what I type as a valid URL. I have tried:

  H:\Files\Webs\Mine\index.html
  file:\\H:\Files\Webs\Mine\index.html
  file:///H:/Files/Webs/Mine/index.html

Nothing works. When I try to add the site, I keep getting the message "You
have entered an invalid wildcard sequence."

Could someone tell me how to add a local file on my hard drive to IE's list
of trusted sites?

Thanks.