--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Worboys <geoff@t...> wrote:

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\<product>\<version>\Palette
>
> is where this information is stored. In your case <product>
> will be C++Builder and <version> will be 6.0, but the same
> thing applies to Delphi as well.
>
> AFAIK you can simply delete the entries under this registry
> path and BCB/Delphi will go back to defaults.
>
> (Dont forget to export a copy of the registry branch first,
> so that you can merge it back in if my advice does not work,
> it has been a long while since I tried it. :-)
>

Thank you for the reply! I tried this (after exporting the branch
<g>), and it worked: the missing tabs are all back. Feeling brave,
I decided to try moving them all again, and so far, so good. I have
been unable to duplicate the problem again, although I saw it happen
twice earlier today (with a full reinstall of C++ Builder between
the two).

I really appreciate the quick and knowledgeable response!

Dan.