Summary: If you are used to seeing a menu bar when working with Explorer folders, you can enable it in Windows 7.
If you have worked with earlier versions of Windows, such as Windows XP, you probably used the menu bar when working with Explorer folders.
By default, Windows 7 disables the menu bar as most all functionality is easily available via other on-screen controls. However, if you’d like to enable the menu bar for Explorer folders, do the following:
- Click the Start button, type folder options and click the “Folder Options” link that appears.
- When the “Folder Options” multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the “View” tab.
- Underneath “Advanced Settings,” check “Always Show Menus.”
- Click “OK” to close the dialog box.
