Move IE7’s menu bar back to the top
This post was published 3 years 2 months 26 days ago which may make its actuality or expire date not be valid anymore. This site is not responsible for any misunderstanding.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