"settings" And "?" Disappeared From My Ie6 Toolbars how to make them come back ?

[yordan 10]

The "settings" and "?" menu disappeared from my IE8 toolbars.How can I make them back ?Else I cannot change my proxy settings. I even cannot really tell which Internet Explorer version I am using, because I also cannot click the "help" and "about" which also disappeared.I know that I should use Firefox or Opera instead, but some sites I have to go on, do not accept Firefox!

[yordan 10]

OK, found it : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/products/windows
Worked fine, the "settings" button is back again.

[surfermac 0]

allow some one to reply yordan

[yordan 10]

allow some one to reply yordan

I gave two hours delay : while I was in panic, googling in order to solve my problem, people had plenty of time for answering! Two hours without being able to set my proxy settings, two hours without surfing on the net, can you imagine how frustrated I was ?