Lock Internet Explorer Toolbars

  • Section(s): IE and Explorer, IE, IE
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 3.5 out of 5 based on 11 votes.
Want to lock the Internet Explorer toolbars so they can not be moved by click-and-drag? The following registry hack works for all windows versions including Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
Name: Locked
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1=locked;0=unlocked

You have to restart IE for this to take effect.

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