XP SP2, Why no status bar on pop-ups?

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Hi,

We are trying to make our website more XP-SP2 compaitble, and I am running
some tests locally.

My colleagues who are all SP2 see status bars on every popup window created
from our site. I am trying to fix the resize code to handle this, but my PC
which has just been upgraded is not doing so..

Could I have inadvertently switched this feature off?

Steve
 
SPG said:
Hi,

We are trying to make our website more XP-SP2 compaitble, and I am running
some tests locally.

My colleagues who are all SP2 see status bars on every popup window
created from our site. I am trying to fix the resize code to handle this,
but my PC which has just been upgraded is not doing so..

Could I have inadvertently switched this feature off?

Steve
Click to expand...


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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Hi Frank,

Thanks for the response.
OK, I Have status bars now for normal IE or Explorer windows, but, If I use
a bit of JavaScript in IE to open a new popup, on my version of XP SP2, I
get no status bars (And probably because I specify this in the javascript
call!), but my colleagues all get status bars.

Here is my sample JAvascript:

function doPop(){
var sURL = "http://www.suttonrugby.co.uk"
var oWindow =
window.open(sURL,'','scrollbars=yes,Height=500,Width=800,center=Yes,help=No,resizable=Yes,status=no,titlebar=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');
if( oWindow == null){
alert("no popup!");
}
}


If I change the status=no to status=yes, then I also get popups. I need my
PC to behave like everyone elses!

I have re-installed SP2 today, and done all the window updates.

Any ideas?

Steve
 
SPG said:
Hi Frank,

Thanks for the response.
OK, I Have status bars now for normal IE or Explorer windows, but, If I
use a bit of JavaScript in IE to open a new popup, on my version of XP
SP2, I get no status bars (And probably because I specify this in the
javascript call!), but my colleagues all get status bars.
Click to expand...


I don't know.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
 
Well that was useful.

I have sorted out what the problem was.
I was using an intranet zone, and my settings were medium to low, not
medium.
Once set, I have same as every one else.

Steve
 
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