Information Bar, disabling for LOCAL (C:\) html page

C

Chris

Hi,

Having installed SP2 I quickly became irritated with the information bar and
attempted to disable it by doing th efollowing from IE Help:

To stop blocking file and software downloads with the Information Bar
This procedure will allow Web sites to automatically prompt you when
downloading files and software (bypassing the Information Bar).

1.. Open Internet Explorer.
2.. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3.. On the Security tab, click Custom Level.
4.. Do one or both of the following:

a.. To turn off the Information Bar for file downloads, in the Downloads
section of the list, under Automatic prompting for file downloads, click
Enable.
b.. To turn off the Information Bar for ActiveX controls, in the ActiveX
controls and plug-ins section of the list, under Automatic prompting for
ActiveX controls, click Enable.
However, whilst this may work for sites on the internet (I havn't actually
tested it yet), it does not appear to work for my "startup page", based on
my c:\ drive which contains links to search engines etc. How can I make
information bar ignore this too?

Many thanks,

Chris
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

Chris,

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi,

Having installed SP2 I quickly became irritated with the information bar and
attempted to disable it by doing th efollowing from IE Help:

To stop blocking file and software downloads with the Information Bar
This procedure will allow Web sites to automatically prompt you when
downloading files and software (bypassing the Information Bar).

1.. Open Internet Explorer.
2.. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3.. On the Security tab, click Custom Level.
4.. Do one or both of the following:

a.. To turn off the Information Bar for file downloads, in the Downloads
section of the list, under Automatic prompting for file downloads, click
Enable.
b.. To turn off the Information Bar for ActiveX controls, in the ActiveX
controls and plug-ins section of the list, under Automatic prompting for
ActiveX controls, click Enable.
However, whilst this may work for sites on the internet (I havn't actually
tested it yet), it does not appear to work for my "startup page", based on
my c:\ drive which contains links to search engines etc. How can I make
information bar ignore this too?

Many thanks,

Chris
 

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