SCRIPT5: Access is denied in IE9 on xmlhttprequest

Question

var xhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open(\'GET\', \'foo.xml\', false);

F12 pops back: SCRIPT5: Access is denied. on Line 95, which is

Answer 1

This error message (SCRIPT5: Access is denied.) can also be encountered if the target page of a .replace method is not found (I had entered the page name incorrectly). I know because it just happened to me, which is why I went searching for some more information about the meaning of the error message.