# Lower bar in Internet Explorer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524 "2003-08-07T04:35:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524/1 "2003-08-07T04:35:14Z")

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I got my new laptop and it has Windows XP on it. When I use IE, there’s no gray bar on the bottom now where there was on my old computer. That bar usually displays the “lock” graphic when it’s a secure connection or the url when the mouse runs over a link. I hope you guys know what I’m talking about. How do I get it back? I’ve dug through the Internet Options menu but haven’t had any luck.

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524/2 "2003-08-07T04:37:02Z")

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Go to where it says “View” at the top, and make sure “Status Bar” is checked.

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**Author:** ![BrianS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@BrianS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianS)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524/3 "2003-08-07T04:48:43Z")

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On my comuter, the “Status Bar” tends to randomly disappear no matter how many times I activate it.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

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**Author:** ![zoltar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b38774/32.png) [@zoltar7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoltar7)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524/4 "2003-08-07T05:28:26Z")

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You could get a different browser…or try [this solution](http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Browser_Issues/Q_20585748.html)

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-bar-in-internet-explorer/193524/5 "2003-08-07T09:56:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by BrianS \*  
> \*\*On my comuter, the “Status Bar” tends to randomly disappear no matter how many times I activate it.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this? \*\*

Close Internet Explorer. Open Windows Explorer. Go to View/Status Bar and make sure it’s checked. Then go to Tools/Folder Options/View. Click on “Apply to all folders”.

Close Windows Explorer. Open Internet Explorer.