Windows Secret - Internet Explorer Tricks and Tips

Resizable Full Screen Toolbar

The Full Screen option increases the viewable area and makes surfing moreenjoyable but sometimes we need the Toolbar but also need to have extra viewingarea. Now this hack teaches you how to change the size of the Internet Explorertoolbar. This registry hack is a bit complicated as it involves Binary values, soto make it simple, I have included the following registry file which will enablethe resizable option of the Internet Explorer toolbar which was present in thebeta version of IE.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]

"Theater"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,18,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,5c,\

00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,22,00,00,00,26,00,\

00,00,02,00,00,00,21,00,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,a0,0f,00,\

00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

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HACKING TRUTH: Internet Explorer 5 displays the friendly version of HTTP errors like NOT FOUND etc . They are aimed at making things easier for newbies. If you would rather prefer to see the proper error pages for the web server you're using,go to Tools, Internet Options and select the Advanced tab. Then scroll down anduncheck the Show friendly http errors box.

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Making the Internet Explorer & the Explorer Toolbars Fancy

The Internet Explorer toolbar looks pretty simple. Want to make it fancy and kewl?Why not add a background image to it. To do this kewl hack launch the WindowsRegistry Editor and go to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\.

Now in the right pane create a new String Value and name it BackBitmap and modify it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by right clicking on it and choosing Modify. When you reboot the Internet Explorer and the Windows Explorer toolbars will have a new look.

Change Internet Explorer's Caption

Don't like the caption of Internet Explorer caption? Want to change it? Open theregistry editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.

In the right pane create a new String Value names Window Title (Note the spacebetween Window and Title). Right click on this newly created String Value andselect Modify. Type in the new caption you want to be displayed.

Restart for thesettings to take place.