Tech: IE5 addressbar

Subject: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:45 PM

I lost my address bar! I had a crash yesterday and I now have most things back but the IE5 address bar is missing. Yes I have ticked the little box that tells me how to display it. Yes I have had my cursor all over the screen to see f it is autohiding somewhere. Yes I ahve tried resetting to the standard setting.

Any ideas?

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:48 PM

Put the cursor just under the bar until you get the little up/down indicator. Try dragging the bottom of the tool bar down until the address bar shows........

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: MMario
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:51 PM

check to see if it is vertically compressed - or if you have diveders that have "slid over".

sometimes you will find that the entire bar is compressed into a linewidth at the top of the screen. if your cursor changes when you point at the line that is probably true.

likewise the dividers on a bar can (sometimes) work as sliders - moving left and right...

this happens to me about once a week - but luckily it normally comes back when I reboot. Now if I can just keep the B-I-L from setting the printer to default to landscape...

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Amergin
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:01 PM

Now if those don't work there is a neat little trick with IE that you can try. Go click on the start button. Then, go up to settings and click on Control Panel. Then double click on ADD/REMOVE programs. There should be a box that opens up that has a big white box on it that lists several programs...Scroll down in that box until you find MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 5 (or whatever) AND INTERNET TOOLS. Double click on that. A new box should pop up that has three options for you to select. Select Repair Internet Explorer, then just follow the wizard...

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:13 PM

Kewl, Amergin!

If all else fails, reboot, sometimes it seems magical, but it helps!

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: MMario
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:20 PM

Of course - don't you have to wonder about a program that includes a self-repair feature? On their menu?

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Amergin
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:37 PM

LOL! True, MMario. But it could have been worse...it could have been Nitscrape....

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 05:15 PM

Thanks.

I waved the mouse slowly about (like CHarlie Drake, last verse of "My Boomerang Won't come Back") and I found nothing.

I re-booted. Nothing.

I went to the "add/remove" and discovered taht the crash had somehow eaten my IE5 and left me with IE4, so "repair" was not on. I found the IE5 setup exe, and re-installed IE5, and then had to re-boot, and nothing.

THen I ran "repair", and had to re-boot as it is part of the process, and Lo! an "address" tile slid out from under the "links" tile, and then re-size arrows let me enlarge the space for icons and I got everything on display.

THe Mudcat wins again!

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: MMario
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 05:22 PM

Amergin - supporting 13,000 or so computers about equally divided between IE and Netscape.

Netscape ~ that's the broswer that doesn't have to be reinstalled frequently. The browser that doesn't corrupt registries during install and operation.

IE is called "job security" around here.

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Feb 01 - 08:26 PM

Hooray, MMario!, tell 'em!... I love Netscape..(up to 4.75, that is...Don't use anything that AOL has been messing with!)...Netscape 4.08 stand-alone(no mail & news) is known for being VERY stable...if you ever want to try a version of Netscape, go here and take your choice

(I have a version of Internet Exploder, but it gets used only in that rare case when someone has made a site that requires it)

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: guest(intruder-inactive)
Date: 22 Feb 01 - 07:24 AM

for the record (and why i stayed away)
browsers are resource eating mega-kludge system killers
each and every one of them
the only choice is what form your massive aggravation attack will take
and AOL is the worst of the lot.

Subject: RE: (Tech) IE5 addressbar
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Feb 01 - 11:39 AM

..pooh..there are small ones, there are even plain text browsers (Lynx)if you want to go lean & mean. The more you want, the more code it takes...you choose