Window title bar only showing first character

[Mike Brearley]

I know this should be an easy fix, but I can't locate it. Every IE or
Explorer window has a single character in the title bar. So if I were in
Internet Explorer and went to www.msn.com, instead of showing 'MSN.com -
Microsoft Internet Explorer' it shows, 'M' The same goes for any directory
I'm browsing with Windows Explorer.

I've scanned for spyware and virusus and I'm clean right now.

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Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Mike,

This is usually caused by Google Toolbar / Google Desktop search.

See FAQ #92 here: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/iefaq.htm#GDS
"Internet Explorer Title bar information is "corrupt" or the text is
truncated ?"

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I know this should be an easy fix, but I can't locate it. Every IE or
Explorer window has a single character in the title bar. So if I were in
Internet Explorer and went to www.msn.com, instead of showing 'MSN.com -
Microsoft Internet Explorer' it shows, 'M' The same goes for any directory
I'm browsing with Windows Explorer.

I've scanned for spyware and virusus and I'm clean right now.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley