Resetting IE toolbar graphics to default values
Many software packages offered by internet service providers
contain "customized" versions of Internet Explorer that
feature graphics specific to the company distributing them. As
an example, the IE version offered by default by my ISP replaced
the default "Windows spinning globe" toolbar icon with
its own logo.
In addition, some websites and/or other software can also affect
the visual layout of IE, some even adding background images to
the toolbar area (rendering the text almost unreadable).
If you have the same problem, and want to get rid of non-default
graphics for IE, then create a text file with the following lines
[NOT the ones starting with =] and save it with the extension
.REG. Then locate the file with Windows Explorer and double-click
it to replace the corresponding registry keys. (Of course you
should first create a backup of the Registry!!!)
=========== file starts==========
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
"BrandBitmap"=""
"SmBrandBitmap"=""
"BackBitmap"=""
"BigBitmap"=""
"SmallBitmap"=""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Window Title"="Microsoft Internet Explorer"
======== file ends ============
Correspondingly, if you wish to customize the graphics yourself,
you can simply create your own bitmaps:
BigBitmap: 38x38 pixels, 256 colors (stationary)
SmallBitmap: 22x22 pixels, 256 colors (stationary)
BrandBitmap: a series of 38x38 bitmaps arranged in a column, representing
the animation sequence - 10 animation steps correspond to a 38X380
pixel file..
SmBrandBitmap: same sequence as BrandBitmap, only composed of
22x22 bitmaps
BackBitmap: background image for the toolbar field, for example
1050x80 pixels, 16 million colors
Edit the Registry entries to point to the corresponding bitmap
files, for example
"BigBitmap"="C:\MyIE\MyBigBitmap.bmp"
