status bar

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Naresh Rekhi

The status bar in IE keeps hiding itself even though I want it to be
displayed at all times. I have to continuously hit View/Status bar to get it
to show up and have been unable to find a way to keep it permanently
displayed - am I missing something or can someone help me out by telling me
how to keep it visible?

Thanks
Nar
 
Naresh Rekhi said:
The status bar in IE keeps hiding itself even though I want it to be
displayed at all times. I have to continuously hit View/Status bar to
get it to show up and have been unable to find a way to keep it
permanently displayed - am I missing something or can someone help me
out by telling me how to keep it visible?

Thanks
Nar
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Some have had luck with this procedure:

Close all other windows.
Open Windows Explorer.
Make sure that the status bar is showing.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | View and click the option to make all folders
like this one.
Reboot.

If that doesn't do it, here's a more thorough method from Mike Burgess:

If your status bar disappears when opening a new IE 6 browser window:

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"
 
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