Toolbars cannot be changed

[Hans Näslund]

All of a sudden, it has become impossible to edit or changes the toolbars in
Internet Explorer. When I go to Show > Toolbars, all installed toolbars are
greyed out, and I cannot change or add any toolbars, which means that it is
now impossible to create the toolbar loayout I want and need.

I have tried the fix mentioned in
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IEToolbars, but that did not help.

Any hints are really welcome!

I am using IE 6.0 with Win2000 SP3.

Hans

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

All of a sudden, it has become impossible to edit or changes the toolbars
in Internet Explorer. When I go to Show > Toolbars, all installed
toolbars are greyed out, and I cannot change or add any toolbars, which
means that it is now impossible to create the toolbar loayout I want and
need.

I have tried the fix mentioned in
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IEToolbars, but that did not help.

Any hints are really welcome!

I am using IE 6.0 with Win2000 SP3.

Hans

See if this helps:
"Reset Internet Explorer's Toolbar Menu":
http://toolbar.google.com/fixmenu
If still no joy:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/notoolbaar.htm

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home:

 

[Hans Näslund]

Maybe I should add that this phenomenon first occurred after I had an attack
by Adware.Livechat, which seems to have locked this option, as well as the
infamous ErrorSafe. I managed to get rid of both with the help of NoAdware
and Norton AntivVirus - but the change in IE remains.

Hans

 

[Hans Näslund]

Thank you!

The suggested registry change in http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm
did it!! (The http://toolbar.google.com/fixmenu did not work, and I did not
dare to use the XP_ToolbarFix.exe on my Win2000 system.)

Thanks
Hans

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Thank you!

The suggested registry change in
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm did it!! (The
http://toolbar.google.com/fixmenu did not work, and I did not dare to use
the XP_ToolbarFix.exe on my Win2000 system.)

Thanks
Hans

YW. Glad to help and thanks for the feedback, Hans Näslund.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home:

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Maybe I should add that this phenomenon first occurred after I had an
attack by Adware.Livechat, which seems to have locked this option, as
well as the infamous ErrorSafe. I managed to get rid of both with the
help of NoAdware and Norton AntivVirus - but the change in IE remains.

Hans

Courtesy of Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home:

 

[Hans Näslund]

Thanks again - but I just realised that I'm still unable to change the
toolbars in Windows Explorer folders; they are locked (by me), and all
options are greyed out, as they were in Internet Explorer. (And again the IE
toolbars are back to their previoous layout - although now I'm able to
re-layout them.)

Do you have a fix for this also?

Kind regards,
Hans
..

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Thanks again - but I just realised that I'm still unable to change the
toolbars in Windows Explorer folders; they are locked (by me), and all
options are greyed out, as they were in Internet Explorer. (And again the
IE toolbars are back to their previoous layout - although now I'm able to
re-layout them.)

Do you have a fix for this also?

Kind regards,
Hans

Did you run this http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/IE_reset_restrictions.reg
..reg fix from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm ?

And...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
3. Restore Missing Toolbars EXE or VBS
EXE: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ToolbarRepair.Exe
VBS: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ietoolbars.vbs

Also...
Check the Registry for DWORD values named "NoToolbarCustomize" and
"NoBandCustomize" and set the value to "0" or, in the right-pane, delete
these two values.
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**

Hope this helps, Hans Näslund.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Hans Näslund]

Thanks again!

Now I think I have fixed the toolbar problem both in IE and Windows
Explorer.

But one irritating problem remains: When I do a search with Google and try
to access one of the search results, I am often (but not always) redirected
to some uninteresting and unsuable search page, or to an advertisement for
some product that I'm not interested in. This seems to happen most often if
the search terms are computer-related.

I have scanned the computer with Ad-Aware, which found some 150 adware items
and removed them. But this phenomenon still continues after reboot.

Hans

Thanks again - but I just realised that I'm still unable to change the
toolbars in Windows Explorer folders; they are locked (by me), and all
options are greyed out, as they were in Internet Explorer. (And again the
IE toolbars are back to their previoous layout - although now I'm able to
re-layout them.)

Do you have a fix for this also?

Kind regards,
Hans

Did you run this http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/IE_reset_restrictions.reg
.reg fix from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm ?

And...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
3. Restore Missing Toolbars EXE or VBS
EXE: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ToolbarRepair.Exe
VBS: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ietoolbars.vbs

Also...
Check the Registry for DWORD values named "NoToolbarCustomize" and
"NoBandCustomize" and set the value to "0" or, in the right-pane, delete
these two values.
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**

Hope this helps, Hans Näslund.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Thanks again!

Now I think I have fixed the toolbar problem both in IE and Windows
Explorer.

But one irritating problem remains: When I do a search with Google and try
to access one of the search results, I am often (but not always)
redirected to some uninteresting and unsuable search page, or to an
advertisement for some product that I'm not interested in. This seems to
happen most often if the search terms are computer-related.

I have scanned the computer with Ad-Aware, which found some 150 adware
items and removed them. But this phenomenon still continues after reboot.

Hans

Please download and run HijackThis version 1.99.1:
http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/Merijn/HijackThis.zip
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

Thanks again - but I just realised that I'm still unable to change the
toolbars in Windows Explorer folders; they are locked (by me), and all
options are greyed out, as they were in Internet Explorer. (And again
the IE toolbars are back to their previoous layout - although now I'm
able to re-layout them.)

Do you have a fix for this also?

Kind regards,
Hans

Did you run this http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/IE_reset_restrictions.reg
.reg fix from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm ?

And...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
3. Restore Missing Toolbars EXE or VBS
EXE: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ToolbarRepair.Exe
VBS: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ietoolbars.vbs

Also...
Check the Registry for DWORD values named "NoToolbarCustomize" and
"NoBandCustomize" and set the value to "0" or, in the right-pane, delete
these two values.
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool
to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**

Hope this helps, Hans Näslund.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
Hans Näslund wrote:

Thank you!

The suggested registry change in
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm did it!! (The
http://toolbar.google.com/fixmenu did not work, and I did not dare to
use the XP_ToolbarFix.exe on my Win2000 system.)

Thanks
Hans

YW. Glad to help and thanks for the feedback, Hans Näslund.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home:

"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
Hans Näslund wrote:

All of a sudden, it has become impossible to edit or changes the
toolbars in Internet Explorer. When I go to Show > Toolbars, all
installed toolbars are greyed out, and I cannot change or add any
toolbars, which means that it is now impossible to create the
toolbar loayout I want and need.

I have tried the fix mentioned in
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IEToolbars, but that did not
help.

Any hints are really welcome!

I am using IE 6.0 with Win2000 SP3.

Hans

See if this helps:
"Reset Internet Explorer's Toolbar Menu":
http://toolbar.google.com/fixmenu
If still no joy:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/lockedbars.htm
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/notoolbaar.htm

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home: