ID: Q192885
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
This article describes how to change the default Search bar size in Internet Explorer.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.
To change the default Search bar size in Internet Explorer, follow these steps:
1. Using Registry Editor, modify the ExplorerBar value data in following
registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
so that the second pair of values is one of the following values:
00 - normal screen
01 - normal screen
02 - half screen
03 - 3/4 screen
04 - full screen
For example, if you want to change the default Search bar size to half
screen and the ExplorerBar value data is currently "ff 01 00 00 61 93
45 00," change the 01 value to "02" (without quotation marks) so that
the value data reads "ff 02 00 00 61 93 45 00."
restart your computer.
Keywords : kbenv msiew95 msient win98
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowtoLast Reviewed: March 18, 1999