IE Icon on Taskbar Displays Only One Letter

[S. Basinger]

A strange occurance...occasionally, the IE icon on the Taskbar will only
display one character instead of the entire page name.

For example:
When www.microsoft.com is typed, the icon usually displays "Microsoft
Corporation - Microsoft Internet Explorer" on the Taskbar.

However, intermittently I will sometimes get just an "M" on the icon. I
cannot cause this to happen with any particular key stroke and seems to be
random. It has occurred with numerous other webpages as well, with only
their first initial appearing on the IE icon. If I hit <CTRL-N> and open a
duplicate IE page, the full title appears normally on the Taskbar.

This is a clean installation of WinXP Pro Ver. 2002 SP2 and IE Ver.
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519. The harddrive was reformatted less
than a week ago. All Microsoft updates have been installed. Anti-Virus and
Anti-Spyware software are routinely run.

Any solution to this mystery? I'll provide any additional requested info to
help track this down.

Sean

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sean,

Do you have Google Deskbar installed?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[S. Basinger]

I do not have the Google Deskbar installed. Toolbars that are installed
are:
Norton AntiVirus
Norton Internet Security
Yahoo! Companion.

Other Add-ons that are part of my IE are:
Active X Control:
Shockwave Flash Object

Browser Extension:
Real.com
Windows Messenger
Yahoo! Login
Yahoo! Messenger

Browser Help Object:
AcroIEHelprObj Class
CNavExtBho Class
CNisExtBho Class
Yahoo Companion BHO

 

[WTC]

See if your problem is an IE add-on, you can disable add-ons by using the
Manage Add-ons feature for Internet Explorer if your XP has the Service Pack
2 level.

How to manage Internet Explorer add-ons in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883256

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

I was actually referring to Google Desktop Search tool. If you have it
installed, try uninstalling it.

If not, you may need to use the Add-on manager as William stated.

Also:

Internet Explorer Title bar information is "corrupt" or the text is
truncated ?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/iefaq.htm#GDS
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21423139.html
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21419123.html

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Kelly]

This generally happens when mucho other windows are opened. Other than that
how do you settings read here? Start/Run/Regedit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\
MinWidth
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

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