Toolbar problem not fixed

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Ok, the fixes I have recieved about my problem are always an IE fix though I
do not beleive this is an IE problem.

I have taken screenshots of the File Edit View optiond missing from IE and
my computer, they are missing from ALL WINDOWS NAVIGATION, not just IE

screenshot links:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/Foxst0r/2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/Foxst0r/1.jpg

please please help me this is driving me crazy how something so simple could
stump me like this, I definately do NOT think this is IE related, but i NEED
help, thanks in advance.
 
Right click on an empty spot on your toolbar in Internet Explorer and choose
"Customize", click the reset button.

Andre
 
Ok, the fixes I have recieved about my problem are always an IE fix though I
do not beleive this is an IE problem.

I have taken screenshots of the File Edit View optiond missing from IE and
my computer, they are missing from ALL WINDOWS NAVIGATION, not just IE

screenshot links:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/Foxst0r/2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/Foxst0r/1.jpg

please please help me this is driving me crazy how something so simple could
stump me like this, I definately do NOT think this is IE related, but i NEED
help, thanks in advance.
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From MVP Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm

A quote from that page: "This utility will allow you to quickly and easily
restore the missing toolbars, menubars and add address bars in Windows
Explorer and Internet Explorer. This utility is freeware."

Your "menubar" is what's missing in your screenshots.
 
Sharon F said:
From MVP Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_toolbarfix.htm

A quote from that page: "This utility will allow you to quickly and easily
restore the missing toolbars, menubars and add address bars in Windows
Explorer and Internet Explorer. This utility is freeware."

Your "menubar" is what's missing in your screenshots.
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thank you for the reply, the fix however did not work, even after a reboot,
does anyone know the default windows hotkeys to hide the "menubar"?

or is there anything I can do in the registry to reinstate my menubar?
 
thank you for the reply, the fix however did not work, even after a reboot,
does anyone know the default windows hotkeys to hide the "menubar"?

or is there anything I can do in the registry to reinstate my menubar?
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Sorry this did not work for you. It is usually effective for this problem.
Perhaps the menubar is not missing but is hidden. Try right clicking the
toolbar area and remove the check next to "Lock Taskbar." This will expose
the boundary marker for each toolbar. You can "grab" these with the mouse.
Hover the cursor over the boundary line until you see a double arrow. Then
click and hold to latch on to the edge of the toolbar.

From here you can try resizing the toolbars or drag each to its own line.
If the menubar is hiding, it will appear as soon as it has the room to
expand. -OR- start closing toolbars (View> Toolbars> click a selection to
remove the check marks).

If successful in uncovering the menubar, start adding your preferred
toolbars back into the window. Resize each one as you go, being careful not
to squeeze out the menu bar.

Once arranged to your liking, lock the toolbar again to protect it from
accidental rearranging.
 
Sharon F said:
Sorry this did not work for you. It is usually effective for this problem.
Perhaps the menubar is not missing but is hidden. Try right clicking the
toolbar area and remove the check next to "Lock Taskbar." This will expose
the boundary marker for each toolbar. You can "grab" these with the mouse.
Hover the cursor over the boundary line until you see a double arrow. Then
click and hold to latch on to the edge of the toolbar.

From here you can try resizing the toolbars or drag each to its own line.
If the menubar is hiding, it will appear as soon as it has the room to
expand. -OR- start closing toolbars (View> Toolbars> click a selection to
remove the check marks).

If successful in uncovering the menubar, start adding your preferred
toolbars back into the window. Resize each one as you go, being careful not
to squeeze out the menu bar.

Once arranged to your liking, lock the toolbar again to protect it from
accidental rearranging.
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Thanks for trying to help me Sharon, I can unlock the taskbar at the bottom
of my screen but it has no effect on toolbars in Explorer windows or IE
windows, but I can manipu;ate the taskbar all i want. It seems like Ive
hidden the Menubar and then locked it so i cannot recover it somehow, I have
scanned fullt for browser hijackers and spyware with clean results. I am
completely stumped as to what the problem could be.
 
Thanks for trying to help me Sharon, I can unlock the taskbar at the bottom
of my screen but it has no effect on toolbars in Explorer windows or IE
windows, but I can manipu;ate the taskbar all i want. It seems like Ive
hidden the Menubar and then locked it so i cannot recover it somehow, I have
scanned fullt for browser hijackers and spyware with clean results. I am
completely stumped as to what the problem could be.
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Alex, the toolbars in an Explorer or Internet Explorer window can be
locked/unlocked in the same manner as the desktop's taskbar. You took a
wrong turn in following the directions I wrote and were unlocking the
taskbar. Try again but this time unlock the toolbars in the windows where
you're missing the menubar.
 
Alex, the toolbars in an Explorer or Internet Explorer window can be
locked/unlocked in the same manner as the desktop's taskbar. You took a
wrong turn in following the directions I wrote and were unlocking the
taskbar. Try again but this time unlock the toolbars in the windows where
you're missing the menubar.
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PS: I see that my directions may have misled you as well. Said to right
click the toolbar area but then said to remove check from "Lock the
Taskbar." That command will instead read "Lock the Toolbars."
 
Has he tried changing from the Classic Start Menu to Start menu or vice
versa under Start button, properties? Perhaps changing the look will shock
something.

Does it behave the same for all users? If only one user, make a new one and
try.

I am not a programmer, but aren't .dll files used for drawing boxes and
stuff. Could one of those be corrupted?

Clark
 
Alex,

Type these commands in Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 /i shell32
regsvr32 /i browseui
regsvr32 /i shdocvw

Restart Windows. If that does not help, run Sfc /Scannow and try the
commands again.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k




Sharon F said:
Sorry this did not work for you. It is usually effective for this problem.
Perhaps the menubar is not missing but is hidden. Try right clicking the
toolbar area and remove the check next to "Lock Taskbar." This will expose
the boundary marker for each toolbar. You can "grab" these with the mouse.
Hover the cursor over the boundary line until you see a double arrow. Then
click and hold to latch on to the edge of the toolbar.

From here you can try resizing the toolbars or drag each to its own line.
If the menubar is hiding, it will appear as soon as it has the room to
expand. -OR- start closing toolbars (View> Toolbars> click a selection to
remove the check marks).

If successful in uncovering the menubar, start adding your preferred
toolbars back into the window. Resize each one as you go, being careful
not
to squeeze out the menu bar.

Once arranged to your liking, lock the toolbar again to protect it from
accidental rearranging.
Click to expand...

Thanks for trying to help me Sharon, I can unlock the taskbar at the bottom
of my screen but it has no effect on toolbars in Explorer windows or IE
windows, but I can manipu;ate the taskbar all i want. It seems like Ive
hidden the Menubar and then locked it so i cannot recover it somehow, I have
scanned fullt for browser hijackers and spyware with clean results. I am
completely stumped as to what the problem could be.
 
Ramesh said:
Alex,

Type these commands in Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 /i shell32
regsvr32 /i browseui
regsvr32 /i shdocvw

Restart Windows. If that does not help, run Sfc /Scannow and try the
commands again.
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Ramesh THANK YOU, at first i had an error when trying to run
regsvr32 /i browseui so I did the scan and put in my XP CD did them all
again with no errors rebooted and my menubar was back. thank you for the help
Sharon and Ramesh its VERY much appreciated :)
 
Glad you got this fixed. My initial thinking was to replace the browseui.dll
and browselc.dll files.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k




Ramesh said:
Alex,

Type these commands in Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 /i shell32
regsvr32 /i browseui
regsvr32 /i shdocvw

Restart Windows. If that does not help, run Sfc /Scannow and try the
commands again.
Click to expand...


Ramesh THANK YOU, at first i had an error when trying to run
regsvr32 /i browseui so I did the scan and put in my XP CD did them all
again with no errors rebooted and my menubar was back. thank you for the
help
Sharon and Ramesh its VERY much appreciated :)
 
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