Comments on: Internet Explorer Status Bar

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:11:13 +0000

Thank You! This is one of the greatest tips I found that benefits me. Now every time I open a new IE, I don't have to restore my status bar by checking view > status bar. I can't believe I stand this for so long, in fact, this is really easy to fix!

Keep this good work

By: damnthem

damnthem — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 01:59:55 +0000

You are a God. Ive been cursing Bill for a month for that fscking annoyance. WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING?? THEY ARE SO LAME.

BUT YOURE NOT.

You are a God.

By: AuctionHugh

AuctionHugh — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:16:14 +0000

This will REALLY work to get your status bar locked in:

After following the other instructions….
start regedit (Start > Run > regedit )
go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
select "Show_StatusBar"
At the top menu choose "edit" then 'Permissions…'
click 'Advanced'
One at a time highlight each name in the list & click the 'edit' button
Check 'Deny' on the 'Set value' row. Click OK.
Do this for each name, including Administrators and System. Then ok out and exit the registry editor.
When you are done, nothing will ever get rid of your IE status bar.

By: franky

franky — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:26:26 +0000

P.S. i too would be curious to find out why the CTRL key needs to be held down when closing the windows…

By: kendra

kendra — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:14:19 +0000

I can't believe I let this annoying problem happen for so long when it was such an easy fix. THANKS!

By: Jim Peel

Jim Peel — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 06:05:40 +0000

What is the CTRL-CLOSE for? What does the CTRL key do when closing a window?

I was having the same problem as everyone else; bar disappears on opening subsequent windows. This fixed that problem. Thanks, Kevin.

By: emily

emily — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:14:39 +0000

YAY!!! *song and dance" WOO-HOO

yes, it made me crazy

By: foodi

foodi — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 05:01:05 +0000

woooooooOOOOOO!!!!

that shit has been driving me absolutely nuts for years!!

you did it!

youre the best, man! its true!

By: foodi

foodi — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 04:57:53 +0000

wooooo!!!

you did it, man!!

youre the BEST!!!

woooOOOOoooOOO!

By: Kit

Kit — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:08:10 +0000

Many thanks. My status bar was fine until MS downloaded the latest patch to IE and it went away. It really was driving me mad.