How do I customize my toolbar for IE 6.0?

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I just got IE 6.0 on my computer & I cannot figure out how to customize my toolbar wallpaper. There's nothing about it on Microsofts website....only for v.5.0. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
 
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT.

Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

(if the Toolbar key doesn't exist, right-click on the Internet Explorer key,
and choose New > Key, and name it Toolbar).

Click on the Toolbar key in the left frame so that it shows the contents in
the right frame.

If there isn't a string called BackBitmap, create one by right-clicking on a
blank area in the right pane, and choose New > String Value, and name it
BackBitmap.

For the 'Value data', type in the path that points to a BMP file which you
would like to use as your Toolbar Wallpaper. (i.e. C:\Windows\example.bmp or
C:\My Documents\sample.bmp)

If you'd like Toolbar Wallpaper only on Internet Explorer 5 windows create a
string called BackBitmapIE5 instead of BackBitmap.

*Note - This tip also works with IE5.5 and IE6. Regardless of your IE
version (IE5 or higher), you would still name the string BackBitmapIE5 if
you want to apply Toolbar Wallpaper only to Internet Explorer windows.
 
Hi Shelley,

Apart from Doug's excellent advice, you might find it easier to customize
the toolbar background through TweakUI. Under TweakUI navigate to Internet
Explorer >> Toolbar background.

TweakUI can be downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

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Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
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Shelley said:
I just got IE 6.0 on my computer & I cannot figure out how to customize
my toolbar wallpaper. There's nothing about it on Microsofts
website....only for v.5.0. Any help at all would be greatly
appreciated!!!!!
 
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