Quick Launch with NT4

[Bob]

Is it possible to add quick launch to Windows NT4
workstation? It is running IE6. I have tried right
clicking on the toolbar but it doesn't seem to be there to
activate. thanks.

[Wouter]

Yes, I have a few IE4.01 CD's, that were originally supplied with a NT4
Workstation media set.
Installing this IE4.01 on a fresh NT4 installation gives you the option to
Install the Desktop Update (aka Active Desktop).
Then afterward you can upgrade NT to what ever SP or IE version, and you
will keep your Active Desktop.
I guess you can even make a fresh NT install with SP6a (which I think leaves
IE to the default NT4 version), and apply IE4.01 with the Desktop Update
followed by your final IE version.

Ouch, ok I searched Technet and finally found the article describing the
issue, exactly as I thought it is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;165695

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I've been through this one. The Active Desktop/Plus!/Quick Launch options
were part of IE 4.0. If you have WINNT 4.0 w/SP6a installed, the only way
to restore the quick launch functions to IE and the Desktop Explorer is to
roll back all security updates, service packs (6, 5, 4 and probably 3) and
uninstall IE 6, IE 5.5 and reinstall IE 4.0 that probably came with either
NT 3.5 or the upgrade to NT 4.0 on the original install disk.

Hi

This is an unofficially way of installing "Active Desktop" on computers with
IE5/6 without reinstalling everything:

IE5: From the folder that contains ie5setup.exe.

Win9x: ie5setup.exe /c:"ie5wzd /e:IE4Shell_WIN /I:Y"
WinNT: ie5setup.exe /c:"ie5wzd /e:IE4Shell_NTx86 /I:Y"

IE6: From the folder that contains ie6setup.exe.

Win98: ie6setup.exe /c:"ie6wzd /e:IE4Shell_WIN /I:Y"
WinNT: ie6setup.exe /c:"ie6wzd /e:IE4Shell_NTx86 /I:Y"


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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

[Bob]

Hi,

I can find the folder where ie6setup.exe is but not sure
what you are saying to do from there? Can you please
explain what to do with that info provided after? Thanks!

Post by Torgeir Bakken (MVP)
Hi
This is an unofficially way of installing "Active

Desktop" on computers with

Post by Torgeir Bakken (MVP)
IE5: From the folder that contains ie5setup.exe.
Win9x: ie5setup.exe /c:"ie5wzd /e:IE4Shell_WIN /I:Y"
WinNT: ie5setup.exe /c:"ie5wzd /e:IE4Shell_NTx86 /I:Y"
IE6: From the folder that contains ie6setup.exe.
Win98: ie6setup.exe /c:"ie6wzd /e:IE4Shell_WIN /I:Y"
WinNT: ie6setup.exe /c:"ie6wzd /e:IE4Shell_NTx86 /I:Y"
--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version

of the 1328 page
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

Post by Torgeir Bakken (MVP)
.

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Post by Bob
I can find the folder where ie6setup.exe is but not sure
what you are saying to do from there? Can you please
explain what to do with that info provided after? Thanks!

Hi

Open a command prompt (cmd.exe)
Change the current directory to the directory where ie6setup.exe is placed.

Then type this command exactly and press enter:

ie6setup.exe /c:"ie6wzd /e:IE4Shell_NTx86 /I:Y"


--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

[Bob]

Thanks for the info. Guess I won't bother! It's amazing
how much I miss it.

-----Original Message-----
I've been through this one. The Active

Desktop/Plus!/Quick Launch options

were part of IE 4.0. If you have WINNT 4.0 w/SP6a

installed, the only way

to restore the quick launch functions to IE and the

Desktop Explorer is to

roll back all security updates, service packs (6, 5, 4

and probably 3) and

uninstall IE 6, IE 5.5 and reinstall IE 4.0 that probably

came with either

NT 3.5 or the upgrade to NT 4.0 on the original install

disk. I recently

did a full recovery of NT from a total reformat and

reinstall of NT 3.5 on

up to the latest service pack and security updates. I

found that the Active

Desktop/Plus!/Quick Launch features had not been

reinstalled and did some

research on MS support. You can find the features in IE

4.0 Plus!, but to

the best of my knowledge, once you have brought

everything up to SP6a/IE6.0,

unless you rollback to IE4.0 and do a reinstall,

including the Plus!

features, you can forget trying to restore Active

Desktop/Plus!/Quick Launch

on IE5.5/WINNT 4.0 and beyond. It didn't seem worth the

effort to do all

the uninstalls/reinstalls and rollbacks just to obtain

those features again.

Post by Bob
Is it possible to add quick launch to Windows NT4
workstation? It is running IE6. I have tried right
clicking on the toolbar but it doesn't seem to be there

to

Post by Bob
activate. thanks.

.