IE6 Problem. No Tool bar, address bar, no navigation buttons.

[Guest_imported]

I have posted this problem before but then just switched to Netscape. However I would like to go back to using IE but the problem is still there.

Previous post: I have a problem with IE 6. I have no Tool bar, no Address bar, and no navigation buttons. There is a very small grey area under the title bar but I can not click on this to bring enable any of the bars.

I have ran the repair for IE6 and tried reinstalling with no help.


I was told to by a follow up to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions

Delete these entries:
NoAddressBar
NoToolBar
NoLinksBar

and most importantly:
NoToolbarOptions


now navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
delete the NoNavButtons entry


BUT I did not have these options in my registry under internet explorer

Thanks for any help

 

[Niv3k]

Try the same sub-paths except with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

If that doesn't work, maybe you can write a small vbscript that will turn your menus back on.

Kevin

 

[Guest_imported]

I can follow along with the sub-menus until I get to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ and the only sub-menu under Microsoft is System Certificates. Same thing for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

 

[reghakr]

Do you have this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Delete the entire Restrictions key.

Do you have a File,Edit,View,Favorites,Tools,Help entries on the menu?

reghakr

 

[Guest_imported]

I have everything up to Microsoft. The only submenu under Microsoft is SystemCertificates, no other folder besides that one.

I do not have any menus at all with IE6, I can see a real small grey area but it will not allow me to right click at all. I can take a screen shot of IE and email it to you just to show you what it looks like. Thanks for the help

Dwayne

 

[reghakr]

Dwayne,

I don't recall the original question. was it posted here? Could you give me the link to the original? It looks like my suggestions.

Do you know when or how it happened?
Did you install anything new?

Open regedit and go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions

What's listed? Look for specific names such as RealGuide, Net2Phone, Google, Hotbar, MSN Messenger, Gator, etc.
I'd suggest going to Add/Remove programs and uninstalling these if you don't want them.

Right-click on the IE desktop icon, choose properties, click the Advanced tab and uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions".


Check only these entries (with the X):


Accessibility
Always expand ALT text for images
Move system caret with focus/selection changes
Browsing

X Always send URLs as UTF-8 (requires restart)
Automatically check for Internet Explorer updates
X Close unused folders in History and Favorites (requires restart)
X Disable script debugging

Display a notification about every script error

Enable folder view for FTP sites

Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)

Enable Install On Demand (Other)

Enable offline items to be synchronized on a schedule

X Enable page transitions

Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)

Force offscreen compositing even under Terminal Server (requires restart)

Notify when downloads complete

X Reuse windows for launching shortcuts

Show friendly HTTP error messages

Show friendly URLs

Show Go button in Address bar

X Show Internet Explorer on the desktop

Underline links

X Always

Hover

Never

Use inline AutoComplete for Web addresses

Use inline AutoComplete in Windows Explorer

X Use smooth scrolling

HTTP 1.1 settings

X Use HTTP 1.1

Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections

Microsoft VM

Java console enabled (requires restart)

Java logging enabled

X JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled (requires restart)

Multimedia

Don't display online media content in the media bar

X Enable Automatic Image Resizing

X Enable Image Toolbar (requires restart)

X Play animations in web pages

X Play sounds in web pages

X Play videos in web pages

Show image download placeholders

X Show pictures

X Smart image dithering

Printing

Print background colors and images

Search from the Address bar

When searching

Display results, and go to the most likely site

Do not search from the Address bar

X Just display the results in the main window

Just go to the most likely site

Security

X Check for publisher's certificate revocation

Check for server certificate revocation (requires restart)

Check for signatures on downloaded programs

Do not save encrypted pages to disk

Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed

Enable Integrated Windows Authentication (requires restart)
Enable Profile Assistant
X Use SSL 2.0
X Use SSL 3.0

Use TLS 1.0
X Warn about invalid site certificates
Warn if changing between secure and not secure mode
x Warn if forms submittal is being redirected


If you're familiar with DOS, you do this:
It will totally clean everything.

Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart In MS-DOS Mode, and then click OK.

At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command, and pressing Y if you are prompted to confirm folder deletion:

cd\windows
smartdrv
deltree cookies
deltree history
deltree tempor~1
exit

The neccessary files and folders will be rebuilt at startup.

You can send email to:
reghakr@adelphia.net

reghakr