Vanishing Task/toolbars

[Herb K]

I am using IE 6. The taskbar/toolbars suddenly vanished
while I was navigating and I've not been able to get them
back. Now when I double click on the IE icon
the search engine and subsequent site come up but no
taskbar/toolbars. I have to navigate using the keyboard.

However if I right click on the IE icon and then left
click on the "explore" from the menu instead of the "open"
the EI opens with the taskbar/toolbars. I'm thinking that
I may have inadvertently changed a setting but
cannot think of which that might be.

Thanks!
Herb

 

[mac]

I am using IE 6. The taskbar/toolbars suddenly vanished
while I was navigating and I've not been able to get them
back. Now when I double click on the IE icon
the search engine and subsequent site come up but no
taskbar/toolbars. I have to navigate using the keyboard.

However if I right click on the IE icon and then left
click on the "explore" from the menu instead of the "open"
the EI opens with the taskbar/toolbars. I'm thinking that
I may have inadvertently changed a setting but
cannot think of which that might be.

Thanks!
Herb

Try F11.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Toolbars missing in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer

Try pressing F11.

If no joy, try running this little program:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/ToolbarRepair.Exe
This little app should repair the registry entries that have become fouled
up.

Or, manually, courtesy of Doug Knox, MVP:

Close any open Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer windows.

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT

Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

There are 3 sub keys: Explorer, ShellBrowser, WebBrowser

In each of these sub-keys is the entry for ITBarLayout

For IE Toolbars: The WebBrowser Sub-key directly affects IE.
For Windows Explorer Toolbars: The Explorer Sub-key directly affects
Explorer.
The ShellBrowser sub-key may affect IE as well. Its effect on IE and
Windows Explorer is unknown at this time, so if the first option doesn't
work, delete the ITBarLayout value here as well.

Choose the relevant sub-key and right click where it says ITBarLayout and
select Delete.

The deleted value will automatically be recreated for you.

You may want to right click on the main key (above) and select Export. This
will allow you to backup the contents of the whole key, including subkeys.