# Help with internet browser

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-internet-browser/168864>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-internet-browser/168864 "2003-04-15T13:01:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-internet-browser/168864/1 "2003-04-15T13:01:35Z")

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I cannot remember what caused this, but somehow the little thing at the end of the browser that displays the url name for the link that you’d be clicking on, and if it’s loading.  
No matter how I resize it, it won’t display it.

Help?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-internet-browser/168864/2 "2003-04-15T13:08:33Z")

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If it is IE that you’re using, Click View\>Status Bar.

Some websites seem to be able to turn it off for you. Annoying.

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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-internet-browser/168864/3 "2003-04-15T13:18:25Z")

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Problem solved.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-internet-browser/168864/4 "2003-04-15T14:19:22Z")

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My status bar kept disapearing every time I’d open a new window

Here is a fix I found somewhere on the web (I lost the source - I emailed it to myself)

1. With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
2. Right-click on IE’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbar”
3. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
4. Open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
5. Right-click on Explorer’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbar”
6. Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
7. Click the “Apply to all folders” button. (XP only)
8. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
9. Open IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: “Open in New  
Window”  
10)Verify that these Registry entries exist:

HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main  
“Show\_StatusBar”=“yes”  
“Show\_URLinStatusBar”=“yes”