Re: How to show a customized IE tool bar the first time after inst

From: Alan Gould (AlanGould_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:03:02 -0700

Thanks! I will take a look.

"Igor Tandetnik" wrote:

> "Alan Gould" <AlanGould@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9F6A2096-5E5B-4C5A-B07B-B8B6C7D70C0A@microsoft.com
> > I mean some tricks in the IE registry.
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks. I know this method, but this will introduce another BHO dll.
> >> Is there any other way around this?
>
> The state of all toolbars is stored in the registry under
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser
> ITBarLayout
>
> It's a binary value, the format is undocumented. I have a suspicion that
> some toolbars I've seen modify this structure at installation time to
> show up on startup. You can try and reverse engineer it. I'm not
> interested enough.
> --
> With best wishes,
> Igor Tandetnik
>
> "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
> and wrong." H.L. Mencken
>
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