How does one configure the folder toolbar (I want to add cut and paste icons). I dont mean IE I mean the general purpose folder layout. It appears to be a binary value. Oh yeah, I meant using the registry as this is for unattended install, not the manual change.

Do it manually and use a registry scanner to monitor the changes.

big poppa...do you have any suggestions on registry scanners to use?

There are a lot. RegSnap, System Mechanic, etc..

I ended up using the REGSNAP utility. I tried using otheres including sys / reg mechanic but REGSNAP takes snapshots of an extensive variety of files and allows comparison of the differences. Took about 3 minutes to see the changes made(it was binary encoded)

So.. could you post your results? Where is the registry entry located?

The registry entries are located here:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Explorer]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]

It's the value called ITBarLayout.