How to Disable the Radio Toolbar

ID: Q228719

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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.

SUMMARY

This article describes how to disable the Radio toolbar in Internet Explorer.


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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. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

To disable the Radio toolbar in Internet Explorer 5:

  1. Start Registry Editor.


  2. Create a NoRadioBar DWORD value with a data value of 1 in the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer


  3. Quit Registry Editor.


  4. Reinstall Microsoft Windows Media Player.

    For information about how to add or remove an Internet Explorer component, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    Q171229 How to Add and Remove Internet Explorer Components


Additional query words: hide turn off 


Keywords          : kbenv msiew95 msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 7, 1999