Re: Missing File, Edit, View, bar in windows explorer

You could have just posted this.

Menu bar/Toolbar Missing in Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555130

And you left out >> Author: Doug Knox MVP. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:kbg332hr2nm3gncq7pfpp4bvk5ol5ijhtq@xxxxxxx,
Showboat <boliver@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:20:43 -0700, "Wayne Schultz"
<boliver@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My friend has a Dell computer and we changed the target in the Windows
Explorer short cut from " %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe " to "
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, c:\ " so C drive would open expanded.
Now the File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, and Help bar is missing.
Can any body help me with this?
I posted this last March and since then I found a solution. Do the
following...................

SYMPTOMS
When you open Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer you may find that
your Menu bar and/or Tool bar is missing.

CAUSE
For Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer, this behavior is caused by
one or more corrupt values in the Windows Registry

RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result
from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your
own risk.

To resolve this problem, edit the registry to remove the corrupt
value(s).

Close all open Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer windows. Start
the Registry Editor (Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT.EXE).

Go to the following Registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

For Windows Explorer: In the right pane, locate the Explorer sub-key
and open it. In the right pane, locate the ITBarLayout value. Right
click this value and select Delete.

For Internet Explorer: In the right pane, locate the Web browser
sub-key and open it. In the right pane, locate the ITBarLayout value.
Right click this value and select Delete.

Quit Registry Editor.

Open the affected program (Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer) and
verify that you're Menu bar/Toolbar has been restored. If not, close
all open Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer Windows and repeat the
above step. Then locate the Shell browser sub-key, open it and delete
the ITBarLayout value there.

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