How to Hide Menubar, Addressbar & Throbber in Windows XP Explorer?

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If you are a customization lover and want to hide menubar, addressbar or throbber (small Windows flag) in Explorer window, this tutorial will help you.

In this tutorial, we are giving simple registry scripts to hide menubar, addressbar and throbber in Windows XP Explorer window.

Hiding Menubar:

Hiding Addressbar:

Hiding both Menubar & Addressbar:

Hiding Throbber (Small Windows Flag):

Default Settings:

Simply download following zip file, extract it and you'll get separate .REG files for each option. Run the desired .Reg file, it'll ask for confirmation, accept it.

Download Registry Script

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xen

thx VG
Hamin

hi VG,

I tried using these hiding tools, but unfortunately it did not work into my Internet Explorer, it worked though on the the Windows Explorer.

My Internet Explorer is version 6. Please help.

Thank you,

Hamin
Purushothaman

have a good day

Thanks man
mehdi

HI

Thanks ...

Have a Good Day
m_umair

nice dear.
Tangmeister

I might be too late to be of any good, but in QT Tab, there's an option under Misc. to disable the menubar.

And how did you get the glow around the border?
VG

^^ Where is the glow which you are talking about? Its VistaVG theme in screenshot.
Tangmeister

Oh well first...

The Styler back/forward functions are messed up if you use QTTabbar.

Now I had been wondering why there was a glow around the explorer window's caption. As far as I know, and I have used the VistaVG theme before, but the text in the title didn't have any sorta white glow around it. It was just text without the border.

Sorry about the typo. Is there a site where I can upload screenshots for free? Thanks a lot.
Tangmeister

Oh darn.

By around the border I meant around the text.
deadlyalive22

hi, i found your tricks very useful, but is there any way i could restrict the right-clicking to the window so that no one can revert or do any changes to the tool bar without the registry file you provided??