Status Bar

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Gregory Hallam

I want the Status Bar to stick, (preferably, permanently) in IE6 (WinXP
Home). I know I can close the box on shift for it to stay there but doing
this successively is tiresome. Maybe it's because I'm opening new windows
all the time and forget.

Is there a registry hack which can do this for me please?
 
Gregory,

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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Regards,
Ramesh
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I want the Status Bar to stick, (preferably, permanently) in IE6 (WinXP
Home). I know I can close the box on shift for it to stay there but doing
this successively is tiresome. Maybe it's because I'm opening new windows
all the time and forget.

Is there a registry hack which can do this for me please?
 
Gregory Hallam said:
I want the Status Bar to stick, (preferably, permanently) in IE6
(WinXP Home). I know I can close the box on shift for it to stay
there but doing this successively is tiresome. Maybe it's because
I'm opening new windows all the time and forget.

Is there a registry hack which can do this for me please?
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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.
 
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