How to recover the address bar in taskbar in Windows XP SP3?

Why do say it is an essential option?
"mae" <agrannie.TakeThisOut@notemail.msn.com> wrote in message
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> But where is it documented?
> Should not a person be forewarned before downloading SP3 that an
> essential option is being removed? And what in the world does it have to
> do
> with IE. Your default browser is used for the web.
>
> mae
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:C7E43372-1128-40E7-9470-C0C05115CA41@microsoft.com...
> | It is removed. There was concern about an EU ruling concerning the
> | integration of IE components so MS decided to play it safe and just
> removed
> | it.
> |
> | "mae" <agrannie.TakeThisOut@notemail.msn.com> wrote in message
> | news:uDyJxKgqIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | >I could find no mention of that in the white papers or release notes
> or
> | >issues..
> | > I sent Microsoft feedback about it. However, some users confirmed it
> was
> | > removed
> | > so I will not install sp3 until I find a reliable fix. Searching
> Microsoft
> | > finds
> | > this about the removal and there is some mention of replacing a .dll
> (how
> | > safe
> | > is that?)
> | >
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2589449&SiteID=17
> | >
> | > And see this:
> | >
> http://www.systemsabuse.com/2007/12/27/xp-service-pack-3-sp3-where-did...-toolba
> | >
> | > Include in your reasons it is always visible and easier to type into
> if
> | > you are
> | > working from a paper copy.
> | >
> | > mae
> | >
> | > "Hakkk" <Hakkk.TakeThisOut@some.place> wrote in message
> | > news:ubKmt5fqIHA.4788@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | > | To open program/folder/file/url directly instead of
> 'start-run-balabala'
> | > or
> | > | 'open explorer/ie first and type address'.
> | > | To record some data temporarily, such as a phone number.
> | > | To treat it as a 'buffer' of clipboard.
> | > |
> | > | --
> | > | Hakkk from NewSMTH
> | > |
> | > | "Alias" <iamalias.TakeThisOut@removegmail.com> ??????:fv73td$180$1@aioe.org...
> | > | > Hakkk wrote:
> | > | >> I notice that the address bar in taskbar ([right-click on
> | > | >> taskbar]-[toolbars]-[address]) is removed by SP3. Is there any
> method
> | > to
> | > | >> recover it? Thanks.
> | > | >>
> | > | >
> | > | > What is that used for?
> | > | >
> | > | > Alias
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> |
>

This is a proven method of adding Taskbar Address Bar back to Windows XP
Service Pack 3.

1. First, obtain browseui.dll from older version of Windows XP
(RTM,SP1,SP2). If you do not have one, you can download it here:
'DLL-files.com - browseui.dll, free download'
(http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?browseui)

2. Restart Windows XP in safe mode to avoid Windows File Protection.
(Press F8 during startup)

3. Replace browseui.dll at %systemroot%\system32\ (usually
C:\WINDOWS\system32).

4. Restart PC in normal mode.

I hope you have tried it with build 5512 because according to the SP3 forum
that possibility has been removed in the final.

"Day2Die" <Day2Die.38ri7g.TakeThisOut@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> This is a proven method of adding Taskbar Address Bar back to Windows XP
> Service Pack 3.
>
> 1. First, obtain browseui.dll from older version of Windows XP
> (RTM,SP1,SP2). If you do not have one, you can download it here:
> 'DLL-files.com - browseui.dll, free download'
> (http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?browseui)
>
> 2. Restart Windows XP in safe mode to avoid Windows File Protection.
> (Press F8 during startup)
>
> 3. Replace browseui.dll at %systemroot%\system32\ (usually
> C:\WINDOWS\system32).
>
> 4. Restart PC in normal mode.
>
>

We wrote a minimalist shell toolbar which 'hosts' the pre-sp3 address
bar and allows it to be added to the taskbar. No reimplementation, the
exact same behavior as before SP3.

http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/xp-sp3-addressbar.zip

Currently there's no installer, please follow simple instructions in
install.txt

Software provided AS IS. Has been verified for viruses, but you should
always double-verify anything you download anyway.

I see. Nevertheless, the method of copying over browseui.dll which was
being used by SP3 beta testers was eventually blocked in a late build of
SP3. You didn't say that your's was a third-party method.

"niver" <niver.38uaai.RemoveThis@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> We wrote a minimalist shell toolbar which 'hosts' the pre-sp3 address
> bar and allows it to be added to the taskbar. No reimplementation, the
> exact same behavior as before SP3.
>
> http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/xp-sp3-addressbar.zip
>
> Currently there's no installer, please follow simple instructions in
> install.txt
>
> Software provided AS IS. Has been verified for viruses, but you should
> always double-verify anything you download anyway.
>
>

Not sure I 100% understand what you mean...

In my installation of SP3 (not beta), I can replace the new
browseui.dll by the new one, but I wanted to avoid doing that.

I simply wrote an explorer shell extension which normally would be
dockable in the explorer taskbar. But the extension I wrote does nothing
by itself, it just calls the address bar available in (the NEW)
browseui.dll and "hosts" it.

Microsoft didn't remove the address bar component from SP3. They just
slightly crippled it to prevent it to be docked in the task bar. But
nothing prevents another component hosting it to be docked in the
taskbar.

N.

Colin Barnhorst;645668 Wrote:
> I see. Nevertheless, the method of copying over browseui.dll which was
>
> being used by SP3 beta testers was eventually blocked in a late build
> of
> SP3. You didn't say that your's was a third-party method.
>
> "niver" <niver.38uaai RemoveThis @no.email.invalid> wrote in message
> news:niver.38uaai@no.email.invalid...
> >
> > We wrote a minimalist shell toolbar which 'hosts' the pre-sp3
> address
> > bar and allows it to be added to the taskbar. No reimplementation,
> the
> > exact same behavior as before SP3.
> >
> > http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/xp-sp3-addressbar.zip
> >
> > Currently there's no installer, please follow simple instructions in
> > install.txt
> >
> > Software provided AS IS. Has been verified for viruses, but you
> should
> > always double-verify anything you download anyway.
> >
> >