After a crash of IE8 I restarted and now the top of border of IE8 is dark black and tells you precisely where you are. For example, right now above the address box it reads "Vista Forums - Post New Thread - Windows Internet Explorer - [InPrivate]." I can post a pic if needed.
If memory serves the top border used to be graphite (my color preference) without any site information.
I restarted IE8 and also shutdown and restarted Windows which didn't solve it. What happened and how can I fix this?
It sounds like you are showing tabs in a separate row (that is how its for my IE9, anyway). Put your cursor on a blank space on the bar (try next to the tab and the address bar) right click and untick, show tabs on separate row. If that does not work, send us a screen shot.
Third, the site information on the top border still exists so I suspect it always has and that I only became aware of it when the border color changed.
The attached pic shows that the border color is graphite; it was deep black.
I'm using v8 and my top border has information similar to what's in your screenshot and the color is blue. I think that's determined by the settings used in Control Panel\Personalize\Window Color and Appearance.
Yeah, that's why my pic shows graphite as that's the color I've set. But that area turned black and I'm unsure why that is or how to remedy it without resorting to restore.
I have IE 8 and I had the bar turn black when I enabled full screen mode. If that's the case for you hit F11. As for In Private I was able to temporarily enable it under the safety button. I couldn't figure out how to permanently enable it though.
To enable InPrivate every time you start IE8 find the IE8 shortcut on your taskbar or desktop, right click and choose properties. Under the shortcut tab you'll see target. In that box add the following to what's already there: space-private. Then click apply or OK to save it.
Specifically, in the target box I had: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" (With the quotation marks.)
I now have: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -private
I think I found the answer. At the top the IE8 window there are three buttons. The minmize or "-" icon, the red box with the white X that closes the browser and the square icon between those two. When I click that square button I get the black border. However, I see nothing else that it does. Does anyone know what this button is called and its function? Incidentally, the square icon changes when you click it.
