diff --git a/EDMI_ClientSuite/UserManager/frmUserManager.Designer.vb b/EDMI_ClientSuite/UserManager/frmUserManager.Designer.vb
index 10da6c2a..4dce2653 100644
--- a/EDMI_ClientSuite/UserManager/frmUserManager.Designer.vb
+++ b/EDMI_ClientSuite/UserManager/frmUserManager.Designer.vb
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Partial Class frmUserManager
         Me.OfficeNavigationBar1 = New DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation.OfficeNavigationBar()
         Me.NavbarUser2Group = New DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation.NavigationBarItem()
         Me.NavbarGroup2Group = New DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation.NavigationBarItem()
-        Me.BarStaticItem1 = New DevExpress.XtraBars.BarStaticItem()
         CType(Me.RibbonControl, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
         CType(Me.OfficeNavigationBar1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
         Me.SuspendLayout()
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ Partial Class frmUserManager
         'RibbonControl
         '
         Me.RibbonControl.ExpandCollapseItem.Id = 0
-        Me.RibbonControl.Items.AddRange(New DevExpress.XtraBars.BarItem() {Me.RibbonControl.ExpandCollapseItem, Me.BarButtonUserEdit, Me.BarButtonGroupEdit, Me.BarButtonAssign, Me.BarButtonItem1, Me.BarButtonRefresh, Me.BarStaticItem1})
+        Me.RibbonControl.Items.AddRange(New DevExpress.XtraBars.BarItem() {Me.RibbonControl.ExpandCollapseItem, Me.BarButtonUserEdit, Me.BarButtonGroupEdit, Me.BarButtonAssign, Me.BarButtonItem1, Me.BarButtonRefresh})
         Me.RibbonControl.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
         Me.RibbonControl.MaxItemId = 10
         Me.RibbonControl.MdiMergeStyle = DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonMdiMergeStyle.Always
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ Partial Class frmUserManager
         'RibbonStatusBar
         '
         Me.RibbonStatusBar.HideWhenMerging = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.[True]
-        Me.RibbonStatusBar.ItemLinks.Add(Me.BarStaticItem1)
         Me.RibbonStatusBar.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 519)
         Me.RibbonStatusBar.Name = "RibbonStatusBar"
         Me.RibbonStatusBar.Ribbon = Me.RibbonControl
@@ -167,12 +165,6 @@ Partial Class frmUserManager
         Me.NavbarGroup2Group.ShowPeekFormOnItemHover = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.[True]
         Me.NavbarGroup2Group.Text = "Gruppenzuordnung"
         '
-        'BarStaticItem1
-        '
-        Me.BarStaticItem1.Caption = "test"
-        Me.BarStaticItem1.Id = 9
-        Me.BarStaticItem1.Name = "BarStaticItem1"
-        '
         'frmUserManager
         '
         Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
@@ -209,5 +201,4 @@ Partial Class frmUserManager
     Friend WithEvents OfficeNavigationBar1 As DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation.OfficeNavigationBar
     Friend WithEvents NavbarUser2Group As DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation.NavigationBarItem
     Friend WithEvents NavbarGroup2Group As DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation.NavigationBarItem
-    Friend WithEvents BarStaticItem1 As DevExpress.XtraBars.BarStaticItem
 End Class
diff --git a/EDMI_ClientSuite/frmMain.vb b/EDMI_ClientSuite/frmMain.vb
index 1d9f4573..64d14405 100644
--- a/EDMI_ClientSuite/frmMain.vb
+++ b/EDMI_ClientSuite/frmMain.vb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Imports System.IO
 Imports DigitalData.Modules.Logging
 Imports DigitalData.Modules.License
 Imports DevExpress.LookAndFeel
+Imports DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon
 
 Public Class frmMain
     Private _Logger As Logger
@@ -172,4 +173,19 @@ Public Class frmMain
             My.UIConfigManager.Save()
         End If
     End Sub
+
+    ' Manually merge the status bars of the parent and child MDI forms. 
+    Private Sub RibbonControl1_Merge(ByVal sender As System.Object,
+    ByVal e As RibbonMergeEventArgs) Handles RibbonControl.Merge
+        Dim parentRRibbon As RibbonControl = TryCast(sender, RibbonControl)
+        Dim childRibbon As RibbonControl = e.MergedChild
+        parentRRibbon.StatusBar.MergeStatusBar(childRibbon.StatusBar)
+    End Sub
+
+    ' Manually unmerge the status bars. 
+    Private Sub RibbonControl1_UnMerge(ByVal sender As System.Object,
+    ByVal e As RibbonMergeEventArgs) Handles RibbonControl.UnMerge
+        Dim parentRRibbon As RibbonControl = TryCast(sender, RibbonControl)
+        parentRRibbon.StatusBar.UnMergeStatusBar()
+    End Sub
 End Class
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