Bottom bar

[Neil Harwani]

I have IE 6.0 with Win XP Pro running. I have a simple problem whose
solution I can't find. Generally we can see a progress bar at the bottom of
the Internet Explorer which shows the progress of the web-site which is
opening in terms of vertical bands, also it shows the LOCK showing whether
the web-site is secure or not, it also shows a symbol linking to the
Internet zone settings. Well my problem is this bar sometimes can be seen
and sometimes on its own it disappears, sometimes it comes back again. How
do I make it to stay there, i.e. it should not disappear.
Neil.

 

[war17]

No, it should not disappear on and off. What is happening with the bar is
gone? Does the disappearance occur on certain websites? Check for other
programs interference. Temporally turn off anti-virus, Norton Win-doctor,
ad-blocker, firewall.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I have IE 6.0 with Win XP Pro running. I have a simple problem whose
solution I can't find. Generally we can see a progress bar at the
bottom of the Internet Explorer which shows the progress of the
web-site which is opening in terms of vertical bands, also it shows
the LOCK showing whether the web-site is secure or not, it also shows
a symbol linking to the Internet zone settings. Well my problem is
this bar sometimes can be seen and sometimes on its own it
disappears, sometimes it comes back again. How do I make it to stay
there, i.e. it should not disappear.
Neil.

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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[Neil Harwani]

No it is appearing and disappearing at random.

No, it should not disappear on and off. What is happening with the bar is
gone? Does the disappearance occur on certain websites? Check for other
programs interference. Temporally turn off anti-virus, Norton Win-doctor,
ad-blocker, firewall.

 

[Neil Harwani]

thank you.

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"


--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/