Mathematica Home Edition 8.0 shows a banner ad for itself across the top of every notebook. They changed the way they do this from 7.0 so my previous fix doesn’t work. You can eliminate the banner ad temporarily using this expression:
SetOptions[$FrontEndSession,DockedCells->{}];
But restarting Mathematica will bring the banner back. Putting that expression in your FrontEnd/init.m or Kernel/init.m doesn’t work. You can get rid of the banner permanently by editing SystemFiles/FrontEnd/TextResources/CommonFrontEndInit.tr and finding this expression:
SetOptions[$FrontEndSession, DockedCells->FEPrivate`FrontEndResource["FEExpressions","HomeEditionBar"] ];
Delete that expression (or comment it out using (* and *)).
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Thanks,
I think you need both the change “SetOptions[$FrontEndSession,DockedCells->{}];” to FrontEnd/init.m and also the change to CommonFrontEndInit.tr because I tried just the last change (removing that line from the .tr file) and the banner came back on re-start. However, when I also made the FrontEnd/init.m change, the banner is gone.
Regards,
Ron
Comment by Ron — 2011/02/16 @ 4:57 pm
For me with Mathematica 8 on Mac OSX it sufficed to edit the CommonFrontEndInit.tr file. Thanks for posting this!
Comment by Daniel Reeves — 2011/05/21 @ 10:00 pm
In versions 8, go to Option Inspector/Notebook Options/Window Properties. Change WindowFrame to Generic.
Comment by Darren — 2011/06/24 @ 11:28 am
I have Mathematica 8.0.1 for Students which boasts a similar bar with no practical function whatsoever. Editing CommonFrontEndInit.tr had no effect at all but Darren’s suggestion worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!
Comment by Edwin — 2011/08/27 @ 2:43 am