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  • Anonymous · 5 years ago
    For some reason, this fix doesn't stay fixed.
  • nk4002r · 5 years ago
    Does not stay - navigate to a new folder or close and open windows explorer, the status bar is again disappeared. True, I can turn it on by View/Status Bar, but I want it to be there by default and ALWAYS !!
  • anonymuss · 5 years ago
    Great job, genius.
    Now that you've told us the painfully obvious solution, can you perhaps tell us what happens when this does NOT work?
    Even after 'apply to all folders', when the status bar continues to play truant?
  • davak · 5 years ago
    <ul id="quote"><h6>anonymuss wrote:</h6>Great job, genius.
    Now that you've told us the painfully obvious solution, can you perhaps tell us what happens when this does NOT work?
    Even after 'apply to all folders', when the status bar continues to play truant?</ul>

    This DOES fix the status bar problems cause by SP2 as the recipe says. It doesn't fix status bar errors caused by other problems.

    IE 6.0 SP1 and prior has a DIFFERENT status bar bug. I'll post how to fix it as well.
  • Anonymous · 5 years ago
    open notepad and copy this into it;

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    ;Enable status bar in Windows Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
    "StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001



    ;Enables status bar in Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerStreamsDefaults]
    "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=hex:1c,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,
    00,00,00,9a,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,f0,f0,f0,f0,14,00,03,00,
    9a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,fd,df,df,fd,0f,00,05,00,24,00,10,00,2e,
    00,46,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,78,00,
    96,00,60,00,60,00,78,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,
    00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,cf,f3,a8,b0,33,43,ab,4b,88,73,1c,cb,1c,ad,a4,8b,30,f1,
    25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,04,00,00,00

    now safe it as fix_statusbar.reg, run it and select yes. Fixed it for me.
  • VerSeg · 5 years ago
    The problem of is only an incorrect perimmion to a registry key.
    The system and administrator does not have permission to the correct key (full control is disabled)

    To solve the problem :

    Start regedit
    Richtclick on "HK Current_UserSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain"
    Select "Permissions"
    Select "Advanced"
    Remove all existing permission entries
    Enable "Inherit from parent ... " DON'T FORGET THIS !!!
    Click "Apply"
    Close al windows wit the "OK" button
    Close regedit
    Open Windows Explorer (or My Computer)
    Select View
    Enable "Status Bar"
    Problem solved ...

    I hope this can help you ...
  • Anonymous · 5 years ago
    Thanks to the guy who posted the procedure for making a custom reg key, it fixed this very annoying problem for me on XP Pro..
  • Andromache · 5 years ago
    Thanks for the registry key! It worked. :) 8)
  • Anonymous · 5 years ago
    I'd rather thank VerSeg! i've been trying to solve this and you just pointed me to the right key, which i couldn't find :)

    thx dude!
  • Guest · 5 years ago
    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>open notepad and copy this into it;

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    ;Enable status bar in Windows Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
    "StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001



    ;Enables status bar in Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerStreamsDefaults]
    "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=hex:1c,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,
    00,00,00,9a,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,f0,f0,f0,f0,14,00,03,00,
    9a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,fd,df,df,fd,0f,00,05,00,24,00,10,00,2e,
    00,46,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,78,00,
    96,00,60,00,60,00,78,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,
    00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,cf,f3,a8,b0,33,43,ab,4b,88,73,1c,cb,1c,ad,a4,8b,30,f1,
    25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,04,00,00,00

    now safe it as fix_statusbar.reg, run it and select yes. Fixed it for me.</ul> :D <ul id="quote"></ul>
  • Anonymous · 5 years ago
    <ul id="quote"><h6>davak wrote:</h6></ul><ul id="quote"><h6>anonymuss wrote:</h6>Great job, genius.
    Now that you've told us the painfully obvious solution, can you perhaps tell us what happens when this does NOT work?
    Even after 'apply to all folders', when the status bar continues to play truant?</ul>

    This DOES fix the status bar problems cause by SP2 as the recipe says. It doesn't fix status bar errors caused by other problems.

    IE 6.0 SP1 and prior has a DIFFERENT status bar bug. I'll post how to fix it as well.
  • carlostx · 5 years ago
    The reg keys fixed this annoying problem for me as well.
    Thanks a lot!
  • guest · 5 years ago
    Thank you so much for thoes reg keys. They worked and my blood pressure is finally going back to normal over this damn annoying bug.
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    Tried all suggestions, none of them worked.

    What did work in XP Pro.
    Ran regedit
    went to
    HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain
    Show_StatusBar, modified to yes
    Edit, 'Permissions, 'Advanced' , 'Set value', 'Deny', for all user names (Administrators, RESTRICTED, SYSTEM, ect.)
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    spoke too soon.
    Nothing has worked!
    Now when I reboot IE is started.
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    how do I un do
    <ul id="quote">Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    ;Enable status bar in Windows Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
    "StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001



    ;Enables status bar in Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerStreamsDefaults]
    "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=hex:1c,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,
    00,00,00,9a,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,f0,f0,f0,f0,14,00,03,00,
    9a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,fd,df,df,fd,0f,00,05,00,24,00,10,00,2e,
    00,46,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,78,00,
    96,00,60,00,60,00,78,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,
    00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,cf,f3,a8,b0,33,43,ab,4b,88,73,1c,cb,1c,ad,a4,8b,30,f1,
    25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,04,00,00,00</ul>
  • davak · 4 years ago
    XP: Backup or Restore the Registry:
    http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips260.html
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    Thanks Genius, excellent job.
    The reg keys fixed the problem for me after
    XP SP2 installation.
    Very gracefull :D :D :D
  • No_One · 4 years ago
    HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainStatusBarOther
    This value (StatusBarOther) should be a DWORD with a value of 1.
  • Wodash · 4 years ago
    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>open notepad and copy this into it;

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    ;Enable status bar in Windows Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
    "StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001



    ;Enables status bar in Explorer
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerStreamsDefaults]
    "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=hex:1c,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,
    00,00,00,9a,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,f0,f0,f0,f0,14,00,03,00,
    9a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,fd,df,df,fd,0f,00,05,00,24,00,10,00,2e,
    00,46,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,78,00,
    96,00,60,00,60,00,78,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,
    00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,cf,f3,a8,b0,33,43,ab,4b,88,73,1c,cb,1c,ad,a4,8b,30,f1,
    25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,04,00,00,00

    now safe it as fix_statusbar.reg, run it and select yes. Fixed it for me.</ul>

    I LOVE YOU :D
    It finally worked after I tried so many solutions, thank you man you are great. :wink:
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    Most of you should just get Mozilla Firefox, that's what I did when I was fed up with IE. It's safer and has a lot more features than IE. The status bar never dissapears either. ;)

    http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html
    When you first start it it can load your IE bookmarks and settings.
  • Anonymous · 3 years ago
    Just thought I'd say thanks to the person that added the registry trick. I was really annoyed after finally updating to XP SP2, and my status bar would disapear everytime I enabled it and changed directories in Windows Explorer. I'm glad it's finally fixed, I missed the statusbar.