IE7 Menu

If anyone has downloaded and installed the new IE7, one of the first things you will probably notice is that the menu bar is not at the top of the page where it normally resides. There is a quick and easy method to put it back up on top where it belongs, however, you need to create a 'reg' (registery) file and do some playing in the registry to accomplish it.

If you are using Windows XP, then select all the text between the cut lines below but not the actual cut line by using your mouse to select all the text. Then by either using the keyboard (ie Control Key & letter 'C") or the menu Edit/Copy, you copy place the selected text into your clipboard memory.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]
"ITBar7Position"=dword:00000001

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Then open up the program 'Notepad' which for XP systems is normally found in All Programs/Accessories.

Paste the information from your clipboard to the open Notepad screen by using the mouse and Edit/Paste or the keyboard (Control Key & letter 'V'). Save the page where you can find it and name it as:

IE7 Menu Top.reg

or any other name you like as long as the ending is '.reg'.

Now make sure your browser (IE7) is closed down.

For the next bit, you will be in your computer's registry and you do not want to be playing around unless you know what you are doing. However for what you are doing is not really difficult and you are only adding a line to the registry. As long as you are careful, there should be no problem. Of course I play in the registry all the time, so it is easy for me to say :-) However, it is always best to make a copy of your registry.

Click on your 'Start Button' and click on 'Run' and then type in the 'Open' dialogue box the word regedit and click on OK. This then opens up your registry. Click on 'File' and then 'Export' to save a copy of your registry to a location on your computer. Name it with something that you will remember and note where the file is stored (something like Reg Backup 20061025 or similiar). After creating the backup, click on 'File' once again and choose 'Import' this time. A dialogue box will come up allowing you to open the file and it states where the default 'Look In:' location. Use the arrows to find where your file is located on your computer and then click on the reg file to select it and then click on 'open'.

You should get a dialogue box come up stating that the 'Information in the IE7 Menu Top.reg file has been successfully entered in the registry'.

Close out of the registry by either clicking on the red X in the top right corner or by using the menu of 'File/Exit'.

When you reopen up the browser (IE7) you may not have any menu but don't be alarmed. Find an open space to the left of your little house (home page) and right click in the grey area with the mouse and you should get a menu. Left click on the top entry in the menu box (ie Menu Bar) and your menu should miraculously appear at the top of your page. It will remain there for the next time and subsequent times you open up the browser.

Remember, if you are not sure of what you are doing, then don't do it. Ask for help from someone who knows. You are in the heart of your computer and major damage can be done in there if you don't know what you are doing.

You have been warned!