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Jim Wood - 07 May 2007 20:45 GMT

I can't seem to get rid of the icons that appear at the right-hand side of
the Command Bar in IE7. I go in to Add/Remove Commands, remove them all, but
even if I lock the toolbars, next time I open IE they're back. I can move
the separator so that only one icon shows, but isn't there some way to get
rid of these permanently?

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Viktor Krammer - 07 May 2007 21:11 GMT

Hi Jim,

Yes, you can disable the command bar permanently by this little command-line
tool I have written:

qlaunch.exe commandbar=no

http://www.quero.at/launcher.php

Best regrads,

Viktor Krammer

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JCO - 07 May 2007 22:50 GMT

Have you tried cleaning out that temp folder completely before the install?
You might have a corrupted file in the Temp folder and IE7 keeps trying to
use it.
Just a guess.

>I can't seem to get rid of the icons that appear at the right-hand side of
> the Command Bar in IE7. I go in to Add/Remove Commands, remove them all,
> but
> even if I lock the toolbars, next time I open IE they're back. I can move
> the separator so that only one icon shows, but isn't there some way to get
> rid of these permanently?

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WFS - 02 Aug 2007 00:56 GMT

Maybe a different question rather than an answer for Jim, sorry.
I would like to change what the actual icons do on the command bar. I would
like the 'read mail' icon to open a new browser window for viewing webmail
rather than it opening my Outlook by default but I can't seem to see any way
to "edit" this command associated with the icon. I really don't want to be
programming IE7 for MS as they should be able to get this accomplished on
their own with all the $$$$$ spent on them already with the painful Vista I'm
dealing with for 2 months.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

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Donald Anadell - 02 Aug 2007 17:32 GMT

Hi,

Did you try going to Tools||Internet Options||Programs and setting your
default Email Program to Hotmail or Windows Live Mail?

Good Luck,

Donald Anadell

> Maybe a different question rather than an answer for Jim, sorry.
> I would like to change what the actual icons do on the command bar. I
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> Any suggestions? Thanks.

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WFS - 02 Aug 2007 18:10 GMT

No I didn't with the concern that Outlook is my default and Vista will really
make it difficult if IE7 tells it that's not the case. They're so tied in
together it makes me sick. I was hoping there was a way to 'customize' the
toolbar or add an icon that would open a window in IE7 for webmail. If I can
get this done, I could then program different icons to go to each of the 3
different webmail accounts I have with different clients on different
projects. Now I go to favorites, or type in the webmail address to get
there, just looking for some shortcuts.

Thanks for the feedback though.

> Hi,
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Donald Anadell - 02 Aug 2007 20:28 GMT

> No I didn't with the concern that Outlook is my default and Vista will
> really
> make it difficult if IE7 tells it that's not the case. They're so tied in
> together it makes me sick.

There's no other functionality to that "Read Mail" icon on the Browsers
Command Bar other than opening up the Email Client that is set as the
default Client, whether it's set to Outlook, Windows Mail, Windows Live
Mail, etc.

>I was hoping there was a way to 'customize' the
> toolbar

I'm afraid not with regard to that "Read Mail" icon on the Command Bar in
the Browser.

>or add an icon that would open a window in IE7 for webmail. If I can
> get this done, I could then program different icons to go to each of the 3
> different webmail accounts I have with different clients on different
> projects.

See here for info in regards to adding additional Buttons in the Browser :
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753588.aspx

>Now I go to favorites, or type in the webmail address to get
> there, just looking for some shortcuts.

Or just add them to the Links bar;)

> Thanks for the feedback though.

You're welcome

Donald Anadell

>> Hi,
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