Put IE7′s Menu Bar On Top

One of the most common annoyances early on with IE7 was that the File Menu wasn’t on top as with most Windows applications. Here’s a quick registry tweak to move it to the top of the window where you would expect to find it:

  1. Go to Start > Run and type regedit.
  2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser
  3. Create a new DWORD value named “ITBar7Position” with a value of 1.
  4. To undo this tweak, change the value to 0.

Once you make this change, your menu should appear at the top as you would expect.

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  • Josh

    Or you could just right click on the tool bar that is showing and put a check mark by “Menu Bar”.

  • Josh

    NM.. i misunderstood

  • Luis R.

    I opted to ditch the menu bar altogether. Most of the commonly used functions in the menus can be reached via the Page and Tools toolbar buttons. If I absolutely need something in the menu bar then it is just an F10 key press away. The left Alt key also brings the menu bar up.

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