Ctrl-N forces status bar to disappear

[Guest]

It is a very annoying bug in IE that has been introduced only quite recently
I am a programmer and often need to open a new window whilst maintaining the current session in order to issolate specific frames. However, doing so causes the new window's status bar to disappear
I have guessed from common sense that the preferences are stored based on those of the last window to be closed. Opening a new window and then closing it causes all subsequent windows to adopt this 'no status bar' preference which just wastes my time having to reactivate it

Can this please be fixed and release at the next available update.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

It is a very annoying bug in IE that has been introduced only quite
recently.
I am a programmer and often need to open a new window whilst
maintaining the current session in order to issolate specific frames.
However, doing so causes the new window's status bar to disappear.
I have guessed from common sense that the preferences are stored
based on those of the last window to be closed. Opening a new window
and then closing it causes all subsequent windows to adopt this 'no
status bar' preference which just wastes my time having to reactivate
it.

Can this please be fixed and release at the next available update.

Some have had luck with this procedure:

Close all other windows.
Open Windows Explorer.
Make sure that the status bar is showing.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | View and click the option to make all folders
like this one.
Reboot.

If that doesn't do it, here's a more thorough method from Mike Burgess:

If your status bar disappears when opening a new IE 6 browser window:

1) With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
2) Right-click on IE's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar"
3) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
4) Open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
5) Right-click on Explorer's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar"
6) Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
7) Click the "Apply to all folders" button.
8) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
9) Open IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: "Open in New
Window"
10)Verify that these Registry entries exist:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"


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[Mike Burgess]

Thomas,
As a follow-up to Frank's post .......
In some cases the "Remember last window size" info becomes corrupted in the
Registry.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ietips.htm#Odd
Download: ResetBrowserToolbar.reg
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It is a very annoying bug in IE that has been introduced only quite recently.
I am a programmer and often need to open a new window whilst maintaining

the current session in order to issolate specific frames. However, doing so
causes the new window's status bar to disappear.

I have guessed from common sense that the preferences are stored based on

those of the last window to be closed. Opening a new window and then closing
it causes all subsequent windows to adopt this 'no status bar' preference
which just wastes my time having to reactivate it.