{"id":80466,"date":"2026-03-12T20:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/?p=80466"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:03:03","slug":"white-line-address-bar-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/white-line-address-bar-file-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"White line appears under the Address Bar in File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you open a folder, a white line may appear under the address bar, as shown in the image below. The white line is glaringly noticeable when the user interface is in dark mode.<\/p>\n

\"white<\/p>\n

The above issue occurs if the Internet Explorer’s toolbar is in unlocked mode. Although Internet Explorer has been removed from the Operating System, the Explorer shell reads the IE toolbar settings.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> Old menu bar appears in File Explorer<\/a><\/div>\n

Resolution<\/h2>\n

To remove the white line under the address bar in File Explorer, please do the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Right-click Start, and click Run.<\/li>\n
  2. Type regedit.exe<\/strong> and click OK to launch the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n
  3. Go to the following branch:\n
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Toolbar<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  4. In the right pane, double-click Locked<\/strong> and set its data to 1<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n
  6. Close and reopen a folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    The white line should no longer appear in File Explorer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    When you open a folder, a white line may appear under the address bar, as shown in the image below. The white line is glaringly noticeable when the user interface is in dark mode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-80466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1902,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/autosuggest-autocomplete-explorer-address-bar-run-dialog\/","url_meta":{"origin":80466,"position":0},"title":"Enable or Disable Auto-Suggest and Inline AutoComplete in Run Dialog and Explorer","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As you type a path in the File Explorer or Windows Explorer address bar, the Run dialog or in the Create New Task dialog in Task Manager, the file or folder name suggestions are shown in a list box. 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