menu bar won't go away

[menu bar won't go away]

I cannot get the menu bar to go away in file explorer. The setting is
unchecked under organize->layout.
Also in folder options, always show menu disappeared.

Is there a registry setting I can use to disable this? The problem is not
present in internet explorer.
my system is windows vista ultimate lenovo oem chn

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

In the 'Start Search' box, type:

gpedit.msc<Enter>

Under:

User Configuration -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows
Explorer

Set the policy named: 'Display the menu bar in Windows Explorer' to
'Disabled'

[menu bar won''t go away]

thanks for ur help,firstly. accroding ur guidance, I reset my policy. now the
"menu" in organize--layout,.the "menu" is not present befor my resetting.

I can't still hide the menu bar in file explorer

[davehc]

You have classic folders turned on. Go to folder options and change it
back to "Show preview and filters" Then, if not already done, untick the
item again. (Make sure , again, you have unlocked the bars.


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davehc

[menu bar won''t go away]

thank u davehc.
Menu bar still there, I have nothing to do with it.
is this a bug of vista?

[davehc]

No. Not a bug. An awkward way to access a common facility.
But, back to your problem. I have encountered this complaint several
times, surfing on the net. The remedy given has always worked. Did you,
1. After reselecting "Show preview and filters" , rememeber to OK it.
and 2. Did you then, after unlocking the making sure the bars were
unlocked, go back to "Organise -Layout", and untick the menu bar? Should
have worked???


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davehc

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

As davehc said, you have to be using Vista style folders, not classic.

If that's not the issue, please open a Command Prompt window, copy & paste
the following command into the window:

reg query hklm\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer

Copy the results of that command into a reply to this message, then do the
same with:

reg query hkcu\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer

[va9rant]

hello, i was googling for a solution for the same problem that i have
in explorer in vista and somehow i found a solution to fix this little
problem.

i've noticed that i had the problem after i uninstalled a toolbar
program on my acer laptop, where it installed a toolbar on the explorer
menu, anyway i found that i didn't need it so i removed it, later i
realized when i tried to hide the menu bar it didn't, so i found a few
tips from the posts here and decided to edit the registry:

1. Close all explorer windows and ie browser

2. backup the following key in your registry,
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\

3. under the same registry key there will be two sub-keys
'ShellBrowser' and 'WebBrowser', go to the first key and look for
'ITBar7Layout' and delete this key.

4. Close regedit and open an explorer window and click organize,
layout, menubar.

This work for me well maybe some techies can look into this because
this somehow did the job and voila, my menu bar is back to normal, i can
hide it and unhide once again. :)


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va9rant

[Keyz]

This method works. Thanks a lot va9rant

[va9rant]

dang! this problem is actually a bug

it was lucky it worked for me (and you) at first, but the second time
around this problem seemed to persist and the solution i presented
earlier won't do the trick anymore. anyway if you do encounter it again
i suggest you do this one also:

1. make sure that you enable "show preview and filters" in the folder
options menu
2. in windows exporer click organize, layout, menu bar (click it again
and again just to make sure that the menubar goes peek-a-boo) and that's
it.

this worked for me, i read it in an article that this really is BUG
after you disable "show preview and filters". In addition, enable it
also in the "performance options menu" (right-click computer, advanced
system settings, under performance click settings...) and check "show
preview and filters in folder"

i can't believe they released vista sp1 without fixing this!!


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va9rant