Windows 7 – How to show or hide Menu bar in Windows Explorer?

Windows Explorer provides the option to show or hide the Menu bar from its main window. This article explains how to do this.

The simple way is to press the Alt key whenever you want to show the Menu bar. This will temporarily show the Menu bar and will hide once the required operation is completed. But if you want to permanently set this option to show or hide, follow the below steps.

Step 1. Open Windows Explorer.

Step 2. Click on Organize button.

Step 3. Select Layout menu item from Organize menu. This will pop up a sub-menu.

Step 4. From the Layout menu select the Menu bar menu item if you want to show the menu bar in Windows Explorer. Otherwise, un-select it to hide the Menu bar from Windows Explorer.

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