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Q: Anyone know how you would disable the Address bar?

Our users have a shortcut placed on the desktop that points directly to our intranet site. The shortcut is scripted out so that if its deleted then it reappears automatically.

I've disabled all buttons, etc... in IE that I can think of. Unfortunately the Address bar is still there. Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the address bar completely?

A: Method 1:

To disable the Address Bar from being shown, set the NoAddressBar value to 1

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions

To prevent the user from enabling the Address bar, set NoBandCustomize value to 1

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer


Method 2:

NOTE: The following method is unsupported and it's your duty to backup the appropriate registry key in case you want to undo the setting back.

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{01E04581-4EEE-11d0-BFE9-00AA005B4383}\InProcServer32

(Backup the registry key by exporting it to a REG file)

In the right-pane, double-click (default) and delete the value given there (%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll)