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June 04, 2003

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Internet Explorer Status Bar

Nothing too spectacular here, I just finally got fed up with IE not showing the Status Bar on startup as a default. Having to go to View > Show Status Bar in each window is a real joy. A lovely young chap named Kevin has cracked the mystery.

Here’s how to have the Status Bar appear by default on IE startup:

 
1) With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
2) Right-click on IE’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbar”
3) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
4) Open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
5) Right-click on Explorer’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbar”
6) Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
7) Click the “Apply to all folders” button.
8) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
9) Open IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: “Open in New Window”
10)Verify that these Registry entries exist:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
“Show_StatusBar”=”yes”
“Show_URLinStatusBar”=”yes”


and here’s the link to Kevin’s page where I found the info.