Error Message: Cannot Create Toolbar for "

ID: Q240133

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

NOTE: The information in this article applies to Internet Explorer 5 users only if the Windows Desktop Update component is installed. This component is installed with Windows 98 or can be installed with Internet Explorer 4. For information about adding or removing the Windows Desktop Update component, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q165695 How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to add the Quick Launch Bar to the Task Bar, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot create toolbar for "

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Quick Launch folder has been deleted.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, recreate the Quick Launch folder. To do this, perform one of the following procedures:

Create a folder named "Quick Launch" (without the quotes) at the following location:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\

If you are currently using Windows Profiles, create the Quick Launch folder at the following location:
C:\Windows\Profiles\[profile name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Where [profile name]is the name of the currently logged on user name. (Do not include the brackets)

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to add items to the Quick Launch Bar, please click the article links below to view the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Q190355 How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar

Q195737 How to Re-create the View Channels Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar

Q171206 How to Customize the Quick Launch Toolbar

Additional query words:

Keywords : msiew95 msient msiew98 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb