Internet Explorer tries to keep track of the location and identity of each toolbar add-in
that you have installed. Unfortunately, sometimes after installing or uninstalling a toolbar,
Internet Explorer gets confused about which toolbar is which. In these situations, when you
check or uncheck a toolbar item on the View.Toolbars menu, the actual toolbar which is
shown or hidden is not the one that you checked.
How can I fix this problem?
EdenSoft has written a small program which will correct the situation. If you run
the program, the problem described above will be corrected, but you will have to
configure your toolbar again. Click here to download the program.
If you prefer to fix the problem manually using regedit.exe, instructions are available
from Microsoft here. While the symptoms described in the Microsoft article
is not the same as the one described here, the resolution for both problems is the same.
Once you have downloaded and run the FixTBConflicts.exe program, you will have to configure your toolbars again.
Read the topics below this one for instructions on how to configure your toolbars.
In most installations, PopUpCop's buttons appear automatically
in Internet Explorer's toolbar, without any action required of you.
In some configurations, however, you may need to
manually make PopUpCop visible in Internet Explorer's toolbar.
Here's how.
Pull down the View menu and choose Toolbars
then PopUpCop.
If you are using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or 5.01, the PopUpCop menu item in the Toolbars sub menu is
often labeled with the word Radio. (More exactly, the label for the first toolbar control
is used for all other toolbar controls.)
This incorrect labeling is caused by a program flaw in
Internet Explorer version 5.0. This flaw was fixed in Internet
Explorer version 5.5. You must upgrade to version 5.5 or later of Internet Explorer to correct the flaw.
Internet Explorer enables you to choose
the locations of the buttons in its toolbar.
When you install PopUpCop, PopUpCop's buttons
appear in the lower right-hand row of buttons.
You may prefer to see them elsewhere.
Each set of buttons in Internet Explorer's toolbar
has a "handle" -- a vertical bar to the left of each set
of buttons.
(On Windows XP, the handle appears as a vertical line of dots.)
To rearrange the layout of the buttons
in the toolbar, use your mouse to grab
a handle and drag it to any button row in the toolbar,
or drag it below or above the button rows to create a new row.
If you have Internet Explorer version 6,
you may need first to unlock the toolbar.
When the toolbar is locked, the handles are not visible.
To unlock the toolbar, pull down Internet Explorer's View
menu and choose Toolbars.
If the menu includes an item named Lock the Toolbars
and that menu item is checked, click on it.
This unlocks the toolbar; that is, it exposes the
handles and thus enables you
to drag the groups of buttons into new positions.
Once you've done this, it's a good idea to re-lock
the toolbar. The procedure to lock it is the same
as the procedure to unlock it:
pull down the View menu,
choose Toolbars, then choose Lock the Toolbars. This
locks them. Observe that the handles disappear.
PopUpCop can fail to appear in the View/Toolbars menu
for a couple of reasons:
If you upgrade PopUpCop without closing
all your Internet Explorer windows and restarting your computer,
some essential files failed to be replaced because they were in use.
The solution is simply to restart your computer.
If you are using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or 5.01, the PopUpCop menu item in the Toolbars sub menu is
often labeled with the word Radio. (More exactly, the label for the first toolbar control
is used for all other toolbar controls.)
This incorrect labeling is caused by a program flaw in
Internet Explorer version 5.0. This flaw was fixed in Internet
Explorer version 5.5. You must upgrade to version 5.5 or later of Internet Explorer to correct the flaw.
Buried deep within Internet Explorer version 6 (only!) is a setting
that sometimes causes install problems.
The name of this setting is
Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart).
If this flag is turned off, PopUpCop cannot show up on your toolbar.
The install process tests this flag and asks for your permission to
set it to "yes". If the install program failed to detect the setting, or
you changed the setting after install, you must change the flag manually:
On the Internet Explorer main menu, choose Tools.
Choose Internet Options....
When the Internet Options dialog displays, choose, the Advanced tab
Scroll down until you see the option labeled
Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart) in the Browsing category.
Make sure that the checkbox to the left of the item is checked.
