No Toolbars.....Popup window appearance only

[Sam Spade]

Help:

When opening up IE 5 (6) only a window with the correct home
page appears. all toolbars , status bars, File, edit ,view, tools,url
bar are missing. The window looks like a popup window.
Only a blue bar on top with the minimize,maximize, close icons.

I repaired IE5........same problem

I loaded IE6 latest version on top of IE5..........same Problem

I deleted IE5 ( as best that I could ) and loaded IE6..........same
problem

I am at my wits end and don't know what to do, Using Windows 98 second
edition............

any help would be appreciated..............Thank
You...............Frank

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Help:

When opening up IE 5 (6) only a window with the correct home
page appears. all toolbars , status bars, File, edit ,view, tools,url
bar are missing. The window looks like a popup window.
Only a blue bar on top with the minimize,maximize, close icons.

I repaired IE5........same problem

I loaded IE6 latest version on top of IE5..........same Problem

I deleted IE5 ( as best that I could ) and loaded IE6..........same
problem

I am at my wits end and don't know what to do, Using Windows 98 second
edition............

any help would be appreciated..............Thank
You...............Frank

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/notoolbaar.htm

Try pressing F11. If that doesn't work read on.

From Doug Knox:

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 relavent 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.

Or try this utility, which does the same thing:
Toolbars missing in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/ToolbarRepair.Exe