One of my biggest Internet Explorer pet peeves is the annoying tendency for the “status bar” at the bottom to dissappear, requiring me to click on View -> Status Bar to get it back. I prefer to have the status bar present so that I can see where web links point to when I hover over them with my mouse pointer.
I found this as a solution to the problem:
- With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
- Right-click on IE’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbars”
- Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
- Right click on the Start Button to open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
- Right-click on Explorer’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbar”
- Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
- Click the “Apply to all folders” button. (Click OK if this gives you another dialogue question)
- Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
- Reopen IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: “Open in New Window” The Status Bar should remain visible.
- Click on the Start Button, select RUN, and type REGEDIT
- Verify that these Registry entries exist:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
“Show_StatusBar”=”yes”
“Show_URLinStatusBar”=”yes”