WindowsXP SP3 Takes Away the Address Bar
There's not much that is really handy and very useful in MS products, so why does MS have to take away the little that is?
I use the address bar in the taskbar a lot, so when I got my new work Thinkpad, one of the first things I switched on was the address bar in the taskbar. Didn't get suspicious when it wasn't available in the list of toolbars. I could still activate it from the Quicklaunch bar that I've placed on the upper edge of the screen (in hindsight, I think this may be an oversight of MS that this is still possible) and then drag it down to the taskbar. But I got suspicious when I found that always when I logged off or restarted the computer, the address bar disappeared.
With some googling, I found that apparently Microsoft removed the address bar from the taskbar with SP3, and surprise, surprise, my new Thinkpad is on SP3. While it's still possible to get the address bar back, Windows won't save this setting. Arrrgh!
Fortunately, there're solutions to this problem and you can get the address bar back for good. I installed the tool from Niversoft and it works fine.
Hello again, address bar :o)
I use the address bar in the taskbar a lot, so when I got my new work Thinkpad, one of the first things I switched on was the address bar in the taskbar. Didn't get suspicious when it wasn't available in the list of toolbars. I could still activate it from the Quicklaunch bar that I've placed on the upper edge of the screen (in hindsight, I think this may be an oversight of MS that this is still possible) and then drag it down to the taskbar. But I got suspicious when I found that always when I logged off or restarted the computer, the address bar disappeared.
With some googling, I found that apparently Microsoft removed the address bar from the taskbar with SP3, and surprise, surprise, my new Thinkpad is on SP3. While it's still possible to get the address bar back, Windows won't save this setting. Arrrgh!
Fortunately, there're solutions to this problem and you can get the address bar back for good. I installed the tool from Niversoft and it works fine.
Hello again, address bar :o)