Hi Ben, If you save the following in a .REG file and run it, or manually add the entry yourself, it will completely disable the Command Bar, including getting rid of the "Favorites" gold star:
*Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00* * * *[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions]* *"NoCommandBar"=dword:00000001* I hope this helps. Regards, Andrew On 7 July 2010 08:47, Terry Dickson <[email protected]> wrote: > OK I still have XP on this computer but if you right of the help on the > menu Bar you can turn off the Favorites bar you can choose which view menus > are on. But that does not get rid of the Gold Star Favorites, not sure how > to do that yet. > > ________________________________________ > From: Ben Scott [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:43 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Get rid of Favorites gold star in MSIE 8 > > Okay, we're finally starting to tackle the process of upgrading to > MSIE 8 from MSIE 6, having been given the green light by all our > customer SCI portals. > > One challenge I face is the widow of the company's founder, who is a > nice old lady who unfortunately does not get computers *at all*. I'm > trying to make MSIE 8 as much like the MSIE 6 she is used to, and as > simple as possible. I've turned off most of the new toolbar icons and > menus and search box and other stuff, turned off tabbed browsing, and > turned the traditional menu bar back on. > > PROBLEM: I cannot find a way to remove the "Favorites" button, with > its gold star icon, and the giant toolbar strip which holds it. > > When clicked, this button folds out a panel on the left of the > window, listing favorites. This is redundant to the "Favorites" menu, > and (more importantly) will just confuse her. > > The giant toolbar strip would otherwise have tabs and/or new menu > icons on it, except all that is disabled, so it's just a mostly-empty > gray block of nothing. It eats up a ton of screen space, which is > important on the laptop she has. > > If I right-click the toolbar strip and choose "Customize", I have > the option to show the "Favorites" bar (formerly known as the "Links" > bar). If I do that, a new toolbar strip appears, the "Favorites" > button moves there, and the first giant toolbar strip disappears. But > I don't want to display the Favorites bar, either. > > The "Favorites" button does not appear in "Add or Remove Commands" > under "Customize". It's simply not there. > > When tabbed browsing is enabled, the Favorites button will appear on > the tab bar, which at least keeps it from wasting space. But like I > said, tabbed browsing is disabled (because otherwise this person will > continually lose her web pages and my phone will never stop ringing). > > I found some people suggesting I disable the "Command Bar" via Group > Policy. I tried invoking that policy, which did cause the "Command > Bar" to become grayed out in the list of available toolbars, but it > didn't hide the Favorites button. > > I found a GP setting to disable the Favorites bar. Invoking that, > "Favorites Bar" became grayed out in the toolbar list, but the button > and its toolbar is still there. If I do that when "Favorites Bar" was > previously selected, upon GP application, the other bar comes back, > with the button. > > Is there a way to do this, or am I just doomed to more support > headaches because Microsoft decided you shouldn't be able to remove a > button? > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
