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Hide Standard toolbar in Internet Explorer (For All Users).

This setting hides the Standard toolbar in Internet Explorer. It prevents users from messing with toolbars by changing their selections regularly in Internet Explorer.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

In Internet Explorers' “View” menu, there’s an item “Toolbars” which lists different toolbars associated with the browser. These toolbars can be activated/deactivated by applying/removing the tick marks on the menu item.

The Standard toolbar helps identify and use the various options through easily recognizable icons and their descriptions. Hiding of Standard toolbar is useful in a kiosk, library, or public outlets where you don't want users to change toolbars selection in Internet Explorer.

For this go to Start > Run, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions” is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create a DWORD value “NoToolBar”, in the right panel.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can hide Standard toolbar in Internet Explorer. However, if you want to go back to the original state, change the value to “0”.

The changes will take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
This setting can be applied to Windows Explorer as well.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Internet Explorer

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Toolbars

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Restrictions

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 4 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

NoToolBar

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "Standard Toolbar" is hidden from the Internet Explorer.

The "Standard Toolbar" is visible by default.

First, click the Start button, and select Run. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\' , and right-click to create a subkey "Internet Explorer" under "Microsoft".

Create another key "Toolbars" under "Internet Explorer".

In the hierarchy create "Restrictions" subkey.

Then, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD value with the name "NoToolBar".

After creating "NoToolBar" DWORD value, right-click on it and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text-box and click on 'OK'.