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Summary: In order versions of Internet Explorer 6 the status bar would disappear from view even though you explicitly turned it on.

How do I keep the status bar from disappearing in Internet Explorer 6?

Definitely an annoyance, isn't it? This turns out to be a bug in Internet Explorer 6. You can read the admission in the Microsoft KnowledgeBase here.

There are workarounds. They're not horrible, but they can be a little involved. This question came up on experts exchange, and a couple of approaches are detailed there. It really depends on how important the feature is to you, and how comfortable you are following the work-around steps.

Personally I live with it, since "View", "Status Bar" is a two click solution for those cases when I care.

Article 83 | Posted August 10, 2003

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I am haveing trouble with the bar at the bottom disappearing from sight, how do i keep this from happening, or how do i get it back.

Posted by: Leslie J. Parker at January 16, 2004 05:40 PM

I'm confused as to which bar you mean. The status bar is what's discussed in the expert's exchange article referenced above (http://ask-leo.com/archives/r-30810a will take you there). That article has instructions for recovery.

Posted by: Leo at January 16, 2004 05:45 PM

I've done the steps MS suggests on the knowledge base site and the status bar still is gone from IE. It's there already in windows explorer as well.

Posted by: Anonymous at October 10, 2004 04:37 PM

Leo - love your website! My problem is that my status bar won't show destination URLs when i hover over them. I can see them in outlook express.

Thanks, Pete

Posted by: Peter at May 30, 2008 03:31 PM

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