# computer question:  IE bottom status bar has disappeared.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-ie-bottom-status-bar-has-disappeared/467804>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-ie-bottom-status-bar-has-disappeared/467804 "2008-10-14T00:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-ie-bottom-status-bar-has-disappeared/467804/1 "2008-10-14T00:26:15Z")

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The bottom bar of my Microsoft Internet Explorer has disappeared.

I can no longer see the page loading progress and also mousing over a hyperlink no longer reveals just what the link is to, without this bar.

The latter absence is the most irritating.

The damn thing just vanished a while back, no idea why. Reboots have not restored it.

Anybody able to point me in the right direction to its restoration?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-ie-bottom-status-bar-has-disappeared/467804/2 "2008-10-14T00:36:34Z")

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Right click in the toolbars area and select “status bar”

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-ie-bottom-status-bar-has-disappeared/467804/3 "2008-10-14T00:44:10Z")

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> [@Princhester](#):
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> Right click in the toolbars area and select “status bar”

:smack::smack::smack::smack:

Damn, that was easy.

Thanks, man.

Mods may close.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-ie-bottom-status-bar-has-disappeared/467804/4 "2008-10-14T00:49:37Z")

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Done.