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How To Place Menu Bar At The Top In Internet Explorer 8

Posted April 23, 2009 – 7:53 pm in: IE, Vista Tweaks, Windows 7
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Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) final was released few days back, which has become the default browser for many Windows users now. The new browser comes with many new features such as the Web Slices.

IE 8 menu bar below address bar

In Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser, the menu bar appears just below the address bar by default. If you have moved to IE8 from Firefox you might want to place the menu bar at the top of the address bar, just like in Firefox browser.

IE8 menu bar at top

You can move the menu bar to the top of the browser (above address bar) easily with a simple registry hack. Just follow the instructions given below get the menu bar just above the address bar.

1. Type in regedit in Start menu search field and hit enter. Alternatively, you can also enter regedit in run dialog box to launch Windows Registry Editor.

 

2. Next, navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser

 

3. In the right-side pane, create new 32-bit Dword value (right-click > Dword) named ITBar7Position and set the value to 1.

Registry Editor

4. Close the registry editor and reboot Windows to get the new look.

 

5. Enjoy with the new IE 8 look.

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One Comment

  1. Fuck
    Posted August 26, 2009 at 1:44 am | Permalink

    This is RIDICULOUS!

    The toolbars are dragable yet Microsoft doesn’t want you to drag them where you want them!

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