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Article ID: 296336 - Last Review: January 31, 2007 - Revision: 3.3

Menu Bar in History Pane No Longer Appears

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SYMPTOMS

The menu bar in Internet Explorer, which contains the View and Search buttons, no longer appears in the History Explorer bar (or pane), and the History pane contains an item called History.IE5 instead of your Internet Explorer browsing history.
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CAUSE

This behavior occurs in the following situation:
  • You open the History pane in Internet Explorer.

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  • You restart your computer without closing the History pane or Internet Explorer.
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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, quit, and then restart Internet Explorer. If this does not resolve the problem, you may need to reinstall Internet Explorer.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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MORE INFORMATION

To view the History pane in Internet Explorer:
  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. On the View menu, point to Explorer Bar, and then click History.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
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