view toolbar BIG problem

[Guest]

It may seem simple when i say my address bar is missing but then i relise
that when i right click on the toolbar all i get is a selection box all
greyed out .. even when i go into View> toolbars .. all of the options
(address bar. ect) are all grey and i cant select them . is this a work of a
vius or much more?

 

[Rob Parsons]

Hi James,

It could well be a virus or malware, though off the top of my head I do not
know of any that create your symptoms. But you should be doing regular
checks of your system for such.

There are Group Policies for Internet Explorer that disable a user from
changing their toolbars so if this is occurring on a work machine you should
consult your Network Administrator to see if they have applied this policy
to your workstation. (since the View options on the menu are all greyed out,
this suggests that this is the likely cause!)

You could also try resetting the toolbars by downloading and running
ITbarlayout.reg from http://www.iecustomizer.com/itbarlayoutdownload.htm

but this will not have any effect if your Network Administrator has a Group
Policy in place.

A third reason for the Address Bar not appearing is a missing component of
IE (browseui.dll). You can correct this by either re-installing IE or
registering (regsvr32.exe) this component. Post back to this thread with the
version of your system (XP?) if you require instructions to do this.

I trust this has been of assistance.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Rob the solution that helped was the it bar layout to get my
adress bar back .. but still leaves the greyed out box problem . well
at least i have a address bar now itll make solving this problem much
easier .. thanks again.

 

[Frank Saunders, MSMVP-OE]

Thank you Rob the solution that helped was the it bar layout to get my
adress bar back .. but still leaves the greyed out box problem .
well
at least i have a address bar now itll make solving this problem much
easier .. thanks again.

Try this:
Go to Tools | Internet Options | Advanced and uncheck the box for Enable
third party browser enhancements.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

You could still have registry restrictions - see these for possible help:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1111/
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/639/
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/640/

If this helps, you need to address the malware/spyware/virus issue that
might have set these.