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Following up on something I saw on this forum, I rightclicked on the Taskbar then on Toolbars, and found all the options were greyed out. I don't know when it could have got like this, I haven't accessed this for a long long time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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This symptom is a well-known Win98 behavior: when Internet Explorer’s shell components are disabled (often via TweakUI) the Taskbar -> Toolbars menu items become unavailable. ’s pointer to that KB note is exactly on-target. ’s observation that the TweakUI dialog shows no IE4 tab is important diagnostic information. (helparchive.huntertur.net)

Practical, non-destructive first steps that have helped others: use the Win98-era TweakUI that ships with the OS (or an older Win98-compatible build) and look for the IE-related setting (some later TweakUI builds renamed it to “Shell Enhancements”). Installing the Win98 powertoy TweakUI or switching temporarily to an older TweakUI version can restore the UI control to re-enable IE shell features. (helpwithwindows.com)

If TweakUI toggles aren’t available or don’t restore the menus, re-registering a few Explorer/IE DLLs often returns toolbar functionality without touching policy values. Example commands that have been used successfully (run from Start->Run or a command prompt, then reboot): 

regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 /i browseui.dll
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll

Community and MVP guidance shows this approach can bring back toolbar/Menu behavior. (forums.tomshardware.com)

If those steps fail, a repair of Internet Explorer via Add/Remove Programs -> Windows Setup (or re-running the Win98 setup from CD) will reinstall missing shell pieces. Before any registry edits (as suggested earlier in the thread), make a registry backup—ScanReg/ScanRegW or an exported REG file will allow safe rollback. If everything else fails, a Win98 setup/repair is the least destructive way to restore Explorer shell components. (forums.tomshardware.com)

Caution: always back up the registry and important files before running regsvr32 or making system repairs.

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Have you ?

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This might be the problem. There is no IE4 tab in my TweakUI!

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This might be the problem. There is no IE4 tab in my TweakUI!

you are still using IE4,.
Have you tried Firefox ,you'll like it .link in my signature .

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Tried firefox. It's OK but I prefer IE6. (don't ask why!) All I want is to get this this missing IE4 Taskbar/Toolbar problem fixed.

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The problem is in your registry...
Go to "start","run" and type in "regedit"

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
-SOFTWARE
-MICROSOFT
-WINDOWS
-CURRENT VERSION
-POLICIES
-EXPLORER

all of the setting in here should be zeroes (000)
if there's a 1(0001), change it to zero (double-click on it)

should be all fixed :cool:

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By the way..
Some of these sights really discourage a fella from helping out.
I had to register to this page, and then get an E-mail and confirm it just to post this reply.
Now I will probably get messages from this sight.
It discourages people from posting a solution

Does that make sense?

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Thanks for the info guys. And yes davidimm, I know what you mean about the hassle. Try the AVG user forum and see how straightforward a forum can be.

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