re: Remove fhe file explorer (file manager) Windows flag logo (AKA a "throbber")
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 6:59 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DEX
(11738 messages posted)
Kent
That's great,but why would you take a chance of nailing the reg file for a SMALL
thing like a logo.
To ea.his own I guess..
They got you (corporate franchise) when you paid for the software.
It's like going around your car and poping off all the embles on it. (why) it's no
big deal.
Have a good one.
On Monday, January 16, 2006 at 8:29 pm, Kent wrote:
>The window flag logo in the file explorer has to be among the most annoying of annoyances.
>It's always there, reminding me of the incessant corporate quest to establish a
franchise
>in my mind (where did I read this again?).
>
>Anyway a casual search on annoyances did not return anything. I tried the keywords
>"file explorer logo" "file explorer flag" and combinations of those to no result.
>Maybe I am missing something obvious. But it turns out that thing is called a "throbber",
>which I discovered in a general web search. It can be disabled through a registry
>patch. I used the following, which were enclosed in a file called ShellThrobOff.reg:
>
>REGEDIT4
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser]
>"ITBarLayout"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,\
> 17,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,56,\
> 00,00,00,02,00,00,00,29,00,00,00,57,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,a8,00,00,00,00,00,\
> 00,00,04,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,55,01,00,00
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Explorer]
>"ITBarLayout"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,13,00,00,00,\
> 33,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e1,00,00,00,df,\
> 01,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,bd,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,20,00,00,00,8d,01,\
> 00,00,03,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,b8,00,00,00
>
>
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