Address Bar Does Not Display

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Skhi

I can't get the message bar to display in IE 6.0. If I
click on View--> Toolbars -->Address Bar, all that happens
is that a blank grey box labelled Address toggles on and
off -- no URL in the box.
 
Skhi,
Close all instances of IE except one
Right-click on the top Toolbar, uncheck: "Lock the Toolbars"
Place the cursor over the "Address" button and click (hold down)
It will change to a 4-way arrow, move or expand the Address Bar to desired
location
Right-click on the top Toolbar, check: "Lock the Toolbars"
Hold down the Ctrl key and close IE

Confirm these default Registry entries exist:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Show_ToolBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLToolBar"="yes"
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Odd Toolbar Behavior:
Open Regedit to the following location:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]

Highlight the "ITBarLayout" entry (right pane)
Right-click and select: Delete, close Regedit and reboot.
Note: the "ITBarLayout" will be recreated on restart.
Always Export before editing ........
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Is the "Address" button visible? (if so ignore the below)
If not then there may be a Registry restriction that is preventing it from
loading.

Open Regedit to the following locations:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions]
"NoAddressBar"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions]
"NoAddressBar"=dword:00000001

Value Data: (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction)
Note: always Export before editing.
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"Skhi" > I can't get the message bar to display in IE 6.0. If I
click on View--> Toolbars -->Address Bar, all that happens
is that a blank grey box labelled Address toggles on and
off -- no URL in the box.
Click to expand...

Good
View | Toolbars | Lock the Toolbars (it is probably checked, and that
is the problem. Just select to uncheck)

Sometimes MS documentation is so bad I can't believe it. I kept
fooling around until I found that this did the trick.

What a`stupid default setting. Since many people don't have this
problem, it may be Toshiba in my case. They set IE with their own home
page.
 
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