IE 6 Status bar - what makes it go away?

[compudog]

The status bar (on bottom) sometimes just dissappears. I ran a full adaware & spybot and have no viruses. The sites I frequent are AT and bleedingedge.com and some othe tech/review sites. I can always turn the bar back on, but it goes away again. Any ideas???

 

[ProviaFan]

Sorry, but I have no idea. My IE status bar sticks around, but I have a similar disappearing status bar problem in My Computer and Explorer windows.

 

[XBoxLPU]

open up IE, go to view and make sure status bar is checked

HOLD down ctrl and go to file and close.

 

[compudog]

I have just learned that my kids have been "playing" with daddie's computer. :Q

 

[Shagga]

I t appears that this is normal. It happens on my PC too. :frown:

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
open up IE, go to view and make sure status bar is checked

HOLD down ctrl and go to file and close.

I tried that, yeah sure when i open IE after closing it the status bar is still there, but everytime I CTRL+N a new window it dissapears again :frown:

 

[SearchMaster]

Heh - I have the same problem. It's never bothered me enough to look into fixing it though.

 

[Mucman]

Here's the fix...

Close everything... open up Windows Explorer (not IE), and make sure that you have selected the status bar to be viewed. Then go
to Tools -> Folder Options, then click on the View tab and click on the "Like Current Folder" button.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Mucman
Here's the fix...

Close everything... open up Windows Explorer (not IE), and make sure that you have selected the status bar to be viewed. Then go
to Tools -> Folder Options, then click on the View tab and click on the "Like Current Folder" button.

Tried that, I pressume you mean the "Remember each folders settings" checkbox?

Still no luck

 

[Mucman]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: Mucman
Here's the fix...

Close everything... open up Windows Explorer (not IE), and make sure that you have selected the status bar to be viewed. Then go
to Tools -> Folder Options, then click on the View tab and click on the "Like Current Folder" button.

Tried that, I pressume you mean the "Remember each folders settings" checkbox?

Still no luck

Nope, I mean the "Like Current Folder" button. Don't forget that I am talking about Windows Explorer here. I've seen this
problem numerous times and this always fixes it.

Just make sure that you've gone View -> Status Bar first.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Mucman
Nope, I mean the "Like Current Folder" button. Don't forget that I am talking about Windows Explorer here. I've seen this
problem numerous times and this always fixes it.

Just make sure that you've gone View -> Status Bar first.

Try clicking the "Apply to All Folders" button in the "View" tab in "Folder Options" (with the status bar and other preferences set as you'd like).

Edit: this is on WinXP Pro. It may be different on Windows 2000.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: Mucman
Nope, I mean the "Like Current Folder" button. Don't forget that I am talking about Windows Explorer here. I've seen this
problem numerous times and this always fixes it.

Just make sure that you've gone View -> Status Bar first.

Try clicking the "Apply to All Folders" button in the "View" tab in "Folder Options" (with the status bar and other preferences set as you'd like).

Edit: this is on WinXP Pro. It may be different on Windows 2000.

Im also on winxp pro. Which os are you reffering to mucman?

 

[Mucman]

I believe this works with both Win2k, XP, and 98... I had this problem on my work machine which is Windows XP... I may have gotten
the menus wrong because the only Windows machine at home is Windows 98....

 

[CTho9305]

It's an IE 6 bug. AFAIK there is only one solution to it... a browser where you can actually report bugs that people will look into and try to fix.

 

[compudog]

I discovered the problem and reported it in the fourth post down in this thread. My kids were clicking things.... My daughter (4 years old) has a knack for reconfiguring a desktop and program settings. There are tons of interesting suggestions in here though... thanks!

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: compudog
I discovered the problem and reported it in the fourth post down in this thread. My kids were clicking things.... My daughter (4 years old) has a knack for reconfiguring a desktop and program settings. There are tons of interesting suggestions in here though... thanks!

And when you hit CTRL+N, it doesn't go away again? It always disappears for me.

 

[RVN]

IE 6 Status bar - what makes it go away?

Microsoft!

 

[compudog]

Originally posted by: CTho9305


And when you hit CTRL+N, it doesn't go away again? It always disappears for me.

When I hit CTRL+N, another IE Browser window opens and gets focus, but the original window stays the same, with the status bar.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: RVN

IE 6 Status bar - what makes it go away?

Microsoft!

Dont turn this into a blame microsoft thread

 

[MAME]

Same problem here