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IE's Status Bar Vanishing..

I have IE 6, running on Windows XP. It seems like every time I make a new browser, the status bar vanishes. I can get it back fairly easily, but it's getting annoying. I looked in the internet options area, but didn't see anything about 'Keep the status bar on'. Does anyone know how to make it so that IE doesn't always try to hide it?

Thanks!

Victor_R

Close all copies of Internet Explorer. Close all Windows Explorer windows.

Open one copy of Internet Explorer. Put the status bar on. Close Internet Explorer.

Open Internet Explorer. Is it there? If not, try a reinstall of Internet Explorer.

kasandra

>> If not, try a reinstall of Internet Explorer. <<

Surely it shouldn't require that?

I have noticed the same problem with IE6 on Win XP, and it is highly annoying!

jyokum

I haven't figured out a way to fix this yet but i'm experiencing the same thing... you're not alone.

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cempasha

another way after showing the status bar. by doing this you will deny computer to change this settings..

go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
select "Show_StatusBar"
go to 'Permissions...' from Edit menu
click 'Advanced'
find your user name in the list & click 'edit' button
put a check next to 'Set value' under 'Deny'
OK, OK, OK, OK.

this should do

kasandra

cempasha - you're an absolute legend!

cempasha

i was the one who used to be annoyed because of this problem :)