Move IE7’s menu bar back to the top
This post was published 2 years 11 months 21 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.Does anyone else think that IE7’s menu bar placement was a little awkward? I know I did. It took me a little bit to adjust to the position of the menubar – being one line lower than that on a “normal” browser. Is it Microsoft attempting to be different? Or a subtle interface tweak designed to improve a browsers user experience?
If you prefer to have the menu bar at the top of the browser (where it naturally should be), simply follow the steps below:
- If IE 7 is opened, close it before doing anything
- Open the Registry Editor (Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ and hit enter)
- Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ InternetExplorer
- Right-click the right part of the registry editor, select New->DWORD Value ITBar7Position
- Double-click the newly created value and enter 1
- Restart IE 7
Much better. No more disorientation for browser users who jump between Firefox, Opera, and IE 7 [via]. Now that Microsoft is rollowing out automatic updates for Internet Explorer 7, I can certainly bet that new users will feel a little disoriented with the new layout.
Nice Hack
DanDerek…I hate the postion of the toolbar…blahbut… you have to go farther into the registry to get it to work…should be this:
Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ InternetExplorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser and be sure that the WebBrowser key is selected
Make sure you edit and/or name the DWORD Value “ITBar7Position” (with out the quotes)
@Rob D: There’s more than one D here. Thanks for the reminded for the DWORD value.
You could also do as I did, and change the title to “IE Sucks ” :d
Use this script
Thanks. What was posted didn’t work at first, but when I went a little further into the registry, as Rob D posted above, it worked. So you need to edit the article.
This makes IE7 a little better, but its not perfect. Now the address bar is at the bottom bellow ALL the toolbars, I rather have Google toolbar (and whatever other ones) be bellow the address bar, so the address bar is between the menu bar and the toolbars.
But I do admit, this makes IE7 so much easier to use then before.
If you don’t want to upgrade, block the automatic update to IE 7 by installing a toolkit from Microsoft.
http://blog.xavier.ashe.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/19/2429430.html