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The Vista shell is different from the XP shell in many way's. One particular UI change is the way the menu bar is shown below the navigation area (see figure 1). While in XP style the default was to have the menu bar located in the top of the window, by default in Windows Vista's Internet Explorer Microsoft choose to have the Navigation Area first and the the menu Bar and or Links.
Figure 1: Default Vista behaviour menu bar below navigation area
You are however able to choose your own setting by editing the following registry key.
Code:
Browse to that registry key and if not there create it. Within the WebBrowser key create a new REG DWORD named ITBar7Position and give it a value of 1. (see figure 2)
Figure 2: ITBar7Position enables you to have the menu bar on top
Restart your PC or logoff and on in Vista. You can also restart the explorer task (see tweak Force Vista to reload registry changes without restarting)
If you want to restore the default just give the registry setting as shown above a value of 0.
The result of this tweak is shown in the figure 3 below.
Figure 3: Result of ITBar7Position is to have the menu bar first in IE7
| Tested on: |  | Business | | |  | Ultimate |
The Vista shell is different from the XP shell in many way's. One particular UI change is the way the menu bar is shown below the navigation area (see figure 1). While in XP style the default was to have the menu bar located in the top of the window, by default in Windows Vista's Internet Explorer Microsoft choose to have the Navigation Area first and the the menu Bar and or Links.
Figure 1: Default Vista behaviour menu bar below navigation area
You are however able to choose your own setting by editing the following registry key.
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]
Browse to that registry key and if not there create it. Within the WebBrowser key create a new REG DWORD named ITBar7Position and give it a value of 1. (see figure 2)
Figure 2: ITBar7Position enables you to have the menu bar on top
Restart your PC or logoff and on in Vista. You can also restart the explorer task (see tweak Force Vista to reload registry changes without restarting)
If you want to restore the default just give the registry setting as shown above a value of 0.
The result of this tweak is shown in the figure 3 below.
Figure 3: Result of ITBar7Position is to have the menu bar first in IE7
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