Menu bar in IE9 not shown by default, users need to press Alt button on keyboard to access it, if you are one of those users always want menu bar to display in IE9 and that too on top, here is how to turn on menu bar by default in IE9 and move menu bar to top.
We are using built-in Group Policy Editor here.
Enabling Menu bar by default in IE9
1.Click Start>run and type gpedit.msc and press Enter
2.Now on the left pane select User Configuration>Administrative Templates>select Windows Components
3.Now on the right pane select Internet Explorer and double click it
4.Select Turn on menu bar by default and double click it and select “Enabled” ,
5.Click Apply and Ok to save changes, and close Group policy editor (keep it open if you do want menu bar on top in IE9).
Now you can observe menu bar in IE9 but it will be below navigation bar, if you want IE9 menu bar on top i.e above navigation bar follow below steps.
Moving IE9 Menu bar above navigation bar
- Follow the above steps from 1 to 3.
- Select Moving the menu bar above the navigation bar and double click it and select it as Enabled.
- Click Apply and Ok to save changes.
To revert back to default settings follow the above steps and select not configured as otpion for those entries.
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No matter what setting I use for “Moving the menu bar above the navigation bar “, the menu bar stays below the navigation bar and doesn’t allow me to move it.
Policy editor menu item
“Moving the menu bar above the navigation bar” explicitly states, for IE7 & IE8.
Enabling for IE9 has no effect. Neither does registry hack ITBar7Position
Its woked for me, proof is the screenshot shown in the post don’t know why it’s not working for you.
I think because u have IE9 Beta and he have IE9 Endversion. I have too the endversion and with the registry hack dosent work.
And for all who use Win7 Home and win7 home premium: U dont have Group Policy Editor
Does not work for me either.
Didn’t work for me either.
With the official release it doesn’t work.. maybe it was possible before they added the option ‘Show tabs on separate row’ which was introduced appearantly in the RC..
Why can’t they just get in their heads that people want any bar on different locations and make that possible, it’s so annoying to be forced a specific layout because some designer thinks it’s nicer..
It’s just the same with the search bar, where the hell is it? It’s not a biggy this time because I’m also using google toolbar, but even that is annoying as with IE9 that bar is also located beneath the tabs..
I am using IE9 RTM with Win7 Ultimate.
The above changes do not work for me. Nor does the registry hack ITBar7Position.
wow…….i should thank you for this wonderful solution………it worked like a magic
simple fix / solution = use Firefox
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