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Display Toolbar Checkbox Not Functional on MSDOS Shortcut

Article ID: 159853

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q159853

SYMPTOMS

A toolbar is not displayed after you enable the Display Toolbar option for an MS-DOS-based application's shortcut.

CAUSE

Windows NT does not provide a toolbar for console windows.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you perform the following steps on an MS-DOS-based application's shortcut, a toolbar is not displayed:

Right-click the MS-DOS-based application's shortcut icon.
Click the Screen tab and then click Display Toolbar so that it is selected, and then click OK.
Double-click the MS-DOS-based application's shortcut icon to launch it. No toolbar appears.

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