Missing Address Bar on the Windows Taskbar
Harshad Dandekar
If you have updated to XP Service Pack 3 recently. Microsoft removed
the Address Bar on the Taskbar functionality for legal reasons so
browsers won't default to IE. To get it back, you need to copy an
older browseui.dll file from an XP Service Pack 2 machine to your
C:\Windows\Syst em32 directory.
How to do this ?
Get the browseui.dll file from XP SP2 of your edition (Home/Prof etc.)
If you hav dificulties in extracting file from ServicePack, Get the file from any windows XP SP2 \Windows\System 32\browseui.dll
Now the tricky task begins
Windows has not locked the browseui.dll file but it restores it within seconds if you deleted or rename it while windows is running
So, Do not give windows time to know that the file is missing and to restore it.
Trick for this is: rename "SP3 browseui.dll" file and copy "SP2 browseui.dll" file in a single command.
save your sp2 browseui.dll file as C:\browseui.dll
go to CMD prompt
change current directory to
CD C:\windows\syst em 32\ (or what ever your system drive is)
ABOVE LINE WILL EXECUTE 3 DIFF COMMANDS IN ONE GO, SO WINDOWS WILL NOT GET TIME TO KNOW MISSING FILE, WHEN YOU RENAME IT.
Harshad Dandekar
Harshad Dandekar
If you have updated to XP Service Pack 3 recently. Microsoft removed
the Address Bar on the Taskbar functionality for legal reasons so
browsers won't default to IE. To get it back, you need to copy an
older browseui.dll file from an XP Service Pack 2 machine to your
C:\Windows\Syst em32 directory.
How to do this ?
Get the browseui.dll file from XP SP2 of your edition (Home/Prof etc.)
If you hav dificulties in extracting file from ServicePack, Get the file from any windows XP SP2 \Windows\System 32\browseui.dll
Now the tricky task begins
Windows has not locked the browseui.dll file but it restores it within seconds if you deleted or rename it while windows is running
So, Do not give windows time to know that the file is missing and to restore it.
Trick for this is: rename "SP3 browseui.dll" file and copy "SP2 browseui.dll" file in a single command.
save your sp2 browseui.dll file as C:\browseui.dll
go to CMD prompt
change current directory to
CD C:\windows\syst em 32\ (or what ever your system drive is)
Code:
REN browseui.dll browseui.SP3 & COPY C:\browseui.dll . & DEL C:\browseui.dll
Harshad Dandekar
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