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Toolbar won't stay locked
After having to spend a few hours healing a hijacker (Freshbar), now my IE toolbar won't stay the way I want it to. Everytime I go to a website the toolbars look like
this. Then I re-configure it to look like
this. But I can't get it to stay that way, it always reverts to the old one.
Windows 98SE OS
xley
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February 5th, 2005 14:00
When you "lock the toolbars", the double-headed arrows do not appear; thus, you are not allowed to pull down the toolbar into three levels; yet you are still allowed to right-click anywhere upon an empty space, i.e. still allowed to add things like the Addressbar, and Links. On the other hand, if you have double-headed arrows present (after you have configured your toolbar to your desired choices), then that means that you have not "locked the toolbars"; or, essentially, that you are still allowed to pull down the toolbar into three levels. "Locking the toolbars" does not mean that you are not permitted to add elements to a toolbar. It means that you are not permitted to move the toolbar up and down.
Try to configure your toolbar before going to that website that seems to change everything, and then "lock it at the top level", i.e. lock it into a single-line. Then visit the website. Does the website's toolbar suddenly change from a single-line configuration into a two-line configuration with an Addressbar visible on a separate line? If it does not..., then good. Then, right-click and add the "Addressbar"; this Address location should now appear on the top, single-line, not below as a separate Bar of its own. Yet if it does appear on a separate line, then perhaps you have an internal registry problem in your Internet Explorer settings KEY; or maybe, your IE Tools|Internet Options|Advanced|Browsing| "Enable Third Party Extensions..." is coming into play.
Den.
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February 5th, 2005 19:00
xley
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February 5th, 2005 20:00
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
the hexadecimal value in the right frame should read
0x00000001 [1]
Does it change as soon as you go to a website?
Den.
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February 6th, 2005 19:00
Yes, the key is 0x00000001 [1] when "Locked" is checked. When I close then reopen in another website, the toolbar unfolds but the "Locked" is still checked and the value is still 0x00000001 [1] .
Den
xley
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February 7th, 2005 12:00
I am not sure that I understand how you move from one site to another. For example, after you establish a single-line, IE web browser [locked] and then select a website from one of your Favorites...when you click your Favorite link, does it take you to that website; but now the IE toolbar has suddenly unfolded [unlocked] into two; and moreover, an immediate check of your registry key-value reveals that your browser is supposedly "locked"?
You wrote: "When I close and reopen...".
What does that mean?
Message Edited by xley on 02-07-2005 08:29 AM
xley
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February 7th, 2005 17:00
Try this:
Sorry for this nonsense. I just want to eliminate as much as possible first.
Den.
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February 7th, 2005 17:00
What does that mean?"
Den.
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February 8th, 2005 01:00
Click the Full Screen button. Done
"Lock the Toolbars". I reconfigured and then "locked" the toolbar
xley
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February 8th, 2005 14:00
(It should now return to, and should reveal a single-line IE browser.) Nope. It unfolded. (But it is supposed to not unfold.)
I believe that your registry has become corrupted unfortunately due to the Freshbar hijacker. I believe that you need to concentrate on the concepts suggested in the "Resolution" of this Microsoft KB article [ click here], and research the internet for various solutions--though a correction may be as simple as this:
I wish that I could help you further, but your problem is more developed than my ability to help.
xley
Message Edited by xley on 02-08-2005 01:09 PM
Den.
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February 8th, 2005 17:00