How To Display Menu Bar In Windows 7 Explorer

By default Windows Explorer does not display the Menu Bar in Windows 7. The Menu Bar can really help you in managing your daily routine tasks, it contains all options to customize Windows Explorer. Go through the following simple steps to enable the Menu bar in Windows 7 Explorer.

Note: This guide is for those users who are migrating to Windows 7 from Windows XP.

First of all, click the Start button and type Folder Option and hit Enter. The Folder Options window will be displayed.

Now in the Folder Options dialog window, click the View tab and under the Advanced Settings you will be able to see the option Always show menus, check this to enable the Menu bar.

Here is how the Menu bar looks in Windows 7 Explorer.

You can also view the Menu Bar temporarily by hitting Alt key in your keyboard, hitting it again will hide the Menu Bar. Enjoy!

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eswarnobody says:

August 24, 2013 at 7:31 pm

Thanks man… we could use it either way like hide or show menu. Really helps
Nrusingha Acharya says:

February 17, 2012 at 7:19 pm

Thanks Yaar. This steps helped me.
teflon_diplomat says:

May 14, 2011 at 2:17 pm

I found a simple way as per here:

http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-always-show-menus-in-windows-7.html
brendan murphy says:

May 3, 2011 at 7:07 pm

very much would like the enlarge option at bottom of screen
retghy says:

October 6, 2009 at 7:10 pm

You can always hit ALT key, to view the menu bar on demand…

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