New IE7 PITA

Under Internet Explorer, I have no Command Bar...I only have CommandBar listed under Internet Explorer/LowRegistry instead. Should I create a new key under Internet Explorer for CommandBar and then proceed from there?

TONI

originally created in the registry and got it all put into the correct areas and now everything is wehre I want it. I reinstalled my old Google toolbar and got my options back also.

Now the only thing I need to figure out is how to keep the Google toolbar next to the File, Edit line like it used to be. I can move it there, but it seems that once I close IE and re-open it, it's back on the line underneath File, Edit again. Minor malfunction I can live with if I'm stuck with it though and will keep manually moving it where I want it to be.

Thanks for the help guys....

Check this link,If your answer is yes, have you tried to right click on an empty space on the...

Tom

File, Edit on first line, Google toolbar (old one) next to it
Links toolbar on second line
Addressbar on third line

I can physically move any of the first three; however, I cannot lock the toolbars into place. As soon as I do, the Google toolbar immediately jumps to be the second line away from File, Edit so I end up with four lines instead of three.

If I leave Google on the first line, close IE, and reopen it, Google is again on the second line and I have to physically move it again to the first line.

I can't figure out how to keep it where I put it like it used to with IE6

TONI

In the first link in my first post,there is a link,"Relocate the menu bar in IE7 to the top of the window [Unhandled Perception]".which offers a file to download and there is a before the change and after the change screen shot.

Also check this link,You can do more than add or subtract the toolbars in Internet Explore 7 It's simple to arrange the toolbars however you like.

First...I already got the file you menationed (reg type) that moved the File, Edit line to the top where I wanted it.

Second, I did the registry hacks to get rid of the IE toolbar and the preinstalled Google search that had no options for it. (doing away with the IE toolbar also took away my 'home' and 'email' buttons with no way to bring those back and the option of having the IE toolbar take up an entire line was/is ridiculous when some people like me only need two or three of the buttons available and IT STAYS LOCKED TO THAT SPOT taking up 'real estate' since it can't be moved somewhere more convenient)

Third, I reinstalled my old Google that has options and can move it to be next to File Edit on the first line, but as soon as I close IE, and reopen it, it is back in the second line position with no way to lock it where I want it.

Fourth, evidently the downloaded upgrade version of IE7 DOES NOT COME WITH CLASSIC MENU...that 'option' must be only available when you have Vista and it comes with stuff you don't get the privilege of having with the download.

I am beginning to suspect that I will be uninstalling IE7 and heading back to having things MY way again.

TONI

Yourself and many other people are having nothing but problems with IE7 and MS should be ashamed of themselves.How many hours were wasted dealing with an inferior product when you could have been doing other things,like relaxing after working hard all day.people have better things to do with their time then dealing with this crap.I use firefox myself.

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I have automatic updates to avoid having IE7 installed.I went through a lot of BS trying to avoid IE7,http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=225499&messageID=2358207#2358207

"then it said that i had to have the newest version of IE which is IE 7"

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"E7 DOES NOT COME WITH CLASSIC MENU...that 'option' must be only available when you have Vista and it comes with stuff you don't get the privilege of having with the download."

You're probably right.

of "have it your way", but if you try to change anything in our 'menu' we have ways to make sure you still get it OUR way. lol

If the MS site you linked to tells me I have options and then restricts me to where I can move the toolbars around, makes it difficult without a registry hack to trash the stuff I don't want, and doesn't give you the 'classic menu' option to begin with, I'm wondering WHERE ARE THE OPTIONS, MS?

I didn't realize how severely I relied upon the HOME and MAIL linked icons before until I realized I could not move the IE Explorer Toolbar and eliminate a line when I only needed two or three of those icons. I could customize until my face fell off, but I'd still be stuck with an immovable object that took up the real estate I've come to love.

Yep...uninstalling IE7 and going back to the 'good old stuff' and learning the lesson of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' all over again. IE7 won't see me again for a long, long time....probably when websites don't render anymore like what happened eventually with IE4 and IE5 but that took a long time, too.

TONI

Obviously you can't rely upon IE7's own internal check system.

While I had IE7 installed, if I got to a typical 'page cannot be found' error, it showed a 'diagnose connection problem' option.

Well, I never bothered and uninstalled IE7 from Add-Remove Programs and went back to IE6 in order to have it MY way....at least for the most part.

I got another 'page cannot be found' due to my connection speed since I had a few windows open at the same time, and just for the heck of it, clicked that now showing IE7 option which stuck around even after the uninstall, to diagnose the connection.

Guess what? It tells me to check the ethernet connection and make sure everything is hooked up correctly, and includes a picture of a router in case I'm using one. Is it too stupid to see that MY connection is a DIAL-UP MODEM?

This 'diagnosis' checker is totally useless if it cannot even detect WHAT KIND OF CONNECTION YOU HAVE, folks.

My 'fix'???? I right clicked the modem icon in the taskbar and disconnected the modem manually. Connected again from my shortcut I had created in my Quick Launch area, and got back on the net without the 'page cannot be found' garbage. Evidently my modem had actually lost the connection to my ISP but didn't disconnect the modem in order to get the auto-redial it's set up for. Simple fix...but not according to IE7.

So, the moral of the story is that Windows' error dialog boxes and screens are about as reliable as they were since the very first version of Windows years and years ago. Do your own trouble-shooting, use common sense, and head to these forums to get better information regarding any error screens you get since MS is still as obscure with reporting the problems and how to fix them as they have ever been.

TONI

a movie scene, the guy asks for toast,
"sorry sir...we don't serve toast"
the guy asks "do you have toasted cheese?"
"yes sir, we do"
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the guy says "OK, give me toasted cheese without the cheese"


(five easy pieces, jack nicholson?)

jonah

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pictured that scene from the movie as I was typing my 'hamburger ad' reply. lol

TONI