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Status Bar in Windows Explorer

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by etoile 1 view

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Can anyone tell me how to have the Status Bar appear by default in Windows XP - Windows Explorer? To select it each time is easy - View\StatusBar - but it is gone again next time one opens explorer. Just an annoying little thing which I would like to change ...

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by ann777

Go to View --> Status Bar (turn it on)

Then go to File --> Close (close out Explorer).

The go ahead and enter Windows Explorer ... the status bar should remain "on."

If you are exiting Explorer by the "x" in the upper right hand corner, then you are not saving any changes you made to the program. This holds true for most of the MS Windows programming... close with a File --> Close to save changes.

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