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Russell Mickler, Principal Consultant, has over 17 years of professional experience leading and managing IT organizations.
Bring IE7 into a Compatibility State
Written on October 11, 2006
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Many end-users may not prefer the new look and feel of the Internet Explorer 7 Browser. Unlabeled icons, small icons, unnecessary icons like the RSS feeds, multiple tabs, and a missing toolbar may truly irritate some users. Here’s how to put IE7 into a reasonable compatibility look and feel to IE6.
1. Open IE7 and press Alt-F. Go to VIEW, TOOLBARS, and select Menu Bar. This will now force IE to display the familiar Toolbar Menu each time that it is opened.
2. From Tools, go to Internet Options.
3. Under the Tabs section, press the Settings button.
4. Uncheck “Enable Tabbed Browsing”. Save these changes by pressing OK. Press OK again on the Internet Options dialog. Now, close IE.
5. Restart IE. The tabs feature has now been removed. Now, anywhere on a gray spot of a tool bar to the upper right hand side of the screen, right-click. A context menu for the Toolbars will appear.
6. Select “Use Large Icons”. Now the Icons become larger.
7. Repeat the same process and select “Customize Command Bar”.
8. Select “Show All Text Labels”. This now labels each of the Icons.
9. Repeat the same process and select “Customize Command Bar”. Select “Add or Remove Commands”.
10. In the right-hand listbox, find Feeds up at the top of the listbox. Select Feeds and press the Remove Button. Hit the Close button to save the change.
Now the system is in a reasonable compatibility mode with the previous version of Explorer. It should look something like this:
It’s not perfect but it does bring the browser back to a little more familiar state.
R
Russell Mickler works a technology consultant in Battle Ground, WA, USA. With over thirteen years of experience, Mickler holds a CISSP, MCSE, a Masters Degree in Information Technology, and is pursuing his Doctorate at Walden University. His website can be found at www.micklerandassociates.com; he can be contacted at mickler@micklerandassociates.com.