Monday, December 04, 2006

Moving IE7 Menu Bar Back to the Top and Remove Command Bar

Moving the Menu Bar Back to the Top -

  • If IE is opened, close it.
  • Start your registry editor (Start -> Run, type regedit in the run field and press OK)
  • Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser and be sure that the WebBrowser key is selected
  • Right-click the right part of the registry editor, select New->DWORD Value, and name it "ITBar7Position"
  • Double click that new value, and assign it with a decimal value of 1
Courtesy: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/11/moving-your-ie7-menu-bar-back-to-top.html

Removing the Command Bar -

* Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
* Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\CommandBar

If you don't have the CommandBar menu, create it by right clicking on the Internet Explorer folder in the left pane of the registry editor and say New -> Key, and type CommandBar as the name. Inside CommandBar do the following - 

* Create a new DWORD value named Enabled
* The Value data for Enabled must be set to 0
* Close REGEDIT.EXE

Courtesy: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/86/1/