Windows XP SP3 and missing "Address" field option

[Lasse]

Hi

I have always added the "Address" field to my taskbar so that I could type
in a folder or command etc. directly. After updating my computer with SP3 it
totally defaulted my taskbar and now, to my big disappointment, I can see
that I can't add the "Address" field to the taskbar anymore.

I can understand why MS would create a SP3 with new security settings etc.
but why the need for removing a simple thing as this?

Does anyone have a solution?

/Lasse

 

[Hiram B Culpeper]

Hi

I have always added the "Address" field to my taskbar so that I could type
in a folder or command etc. directly. After updating my computer with SP3
it
totally defaulted my taskbar and now, to my big disappointment, I can see
that I can't add the "Address" field to the taskbar anymore.

I can understand why MS would create a SP3 with new security settings etc.
but why the need for removing a simple thing as this?

Does anyone have a solution?

/Lasse

There's never been an "address field" in the taskbar.

 

[Alias]

There's never been an "address field" in the taskbar.

There's an Address tool bar that is nuked when you install SP3.

Alias

 

[Alias]

Hi

I have always added the "Address" field to my taskbar so that I could type
in a folder or command etc. directly. After updating my computer with SP3 it
totally defaulted my taskbar and now, to my big disappointment, I can see
that I can't add the "Address" field to the taskbar anymore.

I can understand why MS would create a SP3 with new security settings etc.
but why the need for removing a simple thing as this?

Does anyone have a solution?

/Lasse

Someone posted one in this very group. Go to Google Groups and search
for it.

Alias

 

[John John (MVP)]

Hi

I have always added the "Address" field to my taskbar so that I could type
in a folder or command etc. directly. After updating my computer with SP3 it
totally defaulted my taskbar and now, to my big disappointment, I can see
that I can't add the "Address" field to the taskbar anymore.

I can understand why MS would create a SP3 with new security settings etc.
but why the need for removing a simple thing as this?

Does anyone have a solution?

The Address toolbar no longer appears on the taskbar after you install
Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951448

Address missing from toolbars after installing Windows XP SP3
http://www.windowsreference.com/win...rom-toolbars-after-installing-windows-xp-sp3/

The Address Toolbar in Windows Taskbar
http://ihaveawebsite-nowwhat.co.uk/microsoftwindowsaddresstoolbar.htm

John

 

[John John (MVP)]

There's never been an "address field" in the taskbar.

Of course there has, it's been there since IE4.0

John

 

[Nepatsfan]

Hi

I have always added the "Address" field to my taskbar so that I could type
in a folder or command etc. directly. After updating my computer with SP3 it
totally defaulted my taskbar and now, to my big disappointment, I can see
that I can't add the "Address" field to the taskbar anymore.

I can understand why MS would create a SP3 with new security settings etc.
but why the need for removing a simple thing as this?

Does anyone have a solution?

/Lasse

Courtesy of Ale, via Tim C

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/d30330d5a4449b34?hl=en

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

About your second link... Do you really think it's a good idea to break SP3
by reinstalling an older version of browseui.dll? I don't. Got yourself the
makings of DLL Hell, there.

The third link is even worse. Says to replace browseRui.dll. Couple of
amateurs running scam sites whose primary function is to garner advertising
money. Note that they both allow tons of snake-oil crap to be advertised.
Such sites qualify as pure scams, repeating stuff you can just as easily
find for free (or stuff that is just plain WRONG) just to sell crap to the
uninformed masses, and I could go on (like about how maybe you found them
because they've managed to work their way to the top of the list in Google.)

 

[John John (MVP)]

Of course they're hacks. If the readers want to use them they are made
fully aware on the sites that the file is replaced with a pre-SP3
version, up to them to decide if they want to do that.

John

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Caveat emptor, eh? Personally, if I *must* refer to such a site, with or
without such lousy advice, I tend to point out those negative aspects. Fact
is, I usually don't even bother to mention them. It's not my goal to lead
mostly naive users into such bad habits.

The way your post reads, I figured you *recommended* the solutions. Maybe
you just don't care? Sort of like, "If they're going to worry so much about
such a nothing feature, they deserve whatever trouble they can get
themselves into."

 

[John John (MVP)]

I didn't recommend anything, I simply pointed to OP to the reason why
the Address Bar was removed and what others who want to have the bar are
doing. I figure the OP is smart enough to read decide what to do. But
I am sure that after reading your posts and the additional information
that you supplied that readers are now fully aware of the the suggested
workaround is not supported by Microsoft and that it may have unexpected
consequences. Thank you for correcting my post and for making the
caveat clear to other readers who might want to try to restore the
Address Bar.

John

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Please don't be obtuse. When an MVP posts a link to a procedure, it is and
*should_be* assumed that s/he is recommending it unless otherwise stated.

Anyway, you're right, the thread is now complete. Time for me to finally hit
the hay. Best way to pass a hot day. Turn on the swamp cooler and curl up
with the pups.

 

[Lasse]

Hi John

Thanks for your reply!

I actually found the solution and reason just after posting my question. I
am fully aware that MS doesn't support replacing a DLL and was is before
reading Gary's posts
I know that removing the Address fields is a legal question, something to do
with Internet Explorer isn't allowed to be a integrated part of Windows XP or
something like that. I miss it and almost never used it to open webpages,
just a qucik way to open a folder on my computer or our network. So I will
properly try replacing the DLL file, and if it doesn't work I will call MS to
complaint

/Lasse

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Oh, the DLL replacement will probably "work" to fix the problem you
immediately face, but it will *probably* have long-term consequences ranging
from annoying to disastrous, with little to indicate that the old version of
browseui.dll is the problem. Consequences that could range from malware
infection to missing menu items, and other functions that may simply not
work quite properly.