{"id":292,"date":"2008-05-22T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2021-05-31T16:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:24:13","slug":"prevent-internet-explorer-toolbar-layout-from-being-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/prevent-internet-explorer-toolbar-layout-from-being-reset\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Internet Explorer Toolbar Layout from being Reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every once in a while, Internet Explorer resets the toolbar layout and I need to customize them the way I want, every time this happens. I have Google Toolbar and the default Links<\/strong> toolbar enabled, which I have docked to the extreme right, showing only the chevron.<\/p>\n

Occasionally Internet Explorer (or probably one of the browser add-ons) resets the toolbar positions, pushing the Links toolbar to a separate line and thus occupying additional screen real estate. This happens even though the toolbars are in a locked state.<\/p>\n

Internet Explorer toolbar layout preferences are stored in the following registry key:<\/p>\n

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Toolbar\\WebBrowser<\/pre>\n
By denying “write” permission to the above key for your user account, you can lock down the custom toolbar layout in Internet Explorer. Before following the steps listed below, don’t forget<\/b> to customize the layout as you’d like.<\/p>\n
Deny Write Permissions for the WebBrowser key<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Click Start, Run type Regedit.exe<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. Navigate to the WebBrowser<\/b> registry branch mentioned previously.<\/li>\n
  3. From the Edit <\/b>menu, click Permissions…<\/b><\/li>\n
  4. Click Advanced<\/b><\/li>\n
  5. Click Add<\/b><\/li>\n
  6. Type your user name in the Select User or Group<\/b> box, click OK<\/b><\/li>\n
  7. Click the Deny<\/b> checkbox for Set Value<\/b> Permission.<\/li>\n
  8. Click OK<\/b>, OK<\/b><\/li>\n
  9. Click Yes<\/b> when you see the following confirmation message:\n
    You are setting a deny permissions entry. Deny entries take precedence over allow entries. This means that if a user is a member of two groups, one that is allowed a permission and another that is denied the same permission, the user is denied that permission.\r\n\r\nDo you want to continue?<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  10. Click OK<\/b> to close the Permissions dialog box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    After doing the above, Internet Explorer preserves the custom toolbar positions in my system correctly!<\/p>\n
    When you plan to add or remove third-party toolbar in future, make sure that you first reverse<\/b> the above Permission changes. Otherwise, the install or uninstall process will fail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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