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IE8 occasional address bar is missing

Author
19 Jun 2009 2:53 AM
traumajohn
Hi,
I have xp pro with sp3 and all updates. I recently updated to IE8. After the
install, I noticed that very often when I launch the internet, the address
bar is missing and instead I see the background of my desktop. If I quit the
program and restart it fixes itself. I have uninstalled IE 8, reinstalled and
the same problem. I uninstalled IE 8 and IE 7 same after the reinstall. Is
there a way to fix this so I dpon't have to launch the internet 2 times to
see the address bar?
Thanks,
John

Author
6 Jul 2009 3:01 AM
mncallan
I have this exact same issue and when the address bar is missing I cannot
open anything in a new tab either, the option is grayed out everywhere.  If I
close IE8 and reopen everything does go back to normal, too.

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"traumajohn" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have xp pro with sp3 and all updates. I recently updated to IE8. After the
> install, I noticed that very often when I launch the internet, the address
> bar is missing and instead I see the background of my desktop. If I quit the
> program and restart it fixes itself. I have uninstalled IE 8, reinstalled and
> the same problem. I uninstalled IE 8 and IE 7 same after the reinstall. Is
> there a way to fix this so I dpon't have to launch the internet 2 times to
> see the address bar?
> Thanks,
> John