Comments on: How to Move the Menu Bar Above the Address Bar in IE8

By: bry

bry — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:50:25 +0000

now, if only we can get all the toolbars on one line…

Why Microsoft wants you to view toolbars instead of the web is beyond me.

If you use IE8 on a netbook, all you see is toolbars and now web!!!

By: Opie

Opie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:40:48 +0000

hey thanks..worked great!!!

By: Krystyna

Krystyna — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:45:32 +0000

Thank you to the Admin, who has fixed the problem with the quotes, and posted an updated version of the string … so now the tweak works okay when you copy and paste.

By: Krystyna

Krystyna — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:18:31 +0000

I copied and pasted the code into notebook, but it did not work for me.
Even though the message box said that the info had been merged successfully into the registry, no entry was written into the registry.
So I entered the info manually into the registry, and it worked.
I then exported the key from the registry, and studied both reg files carefully, loooking for maybe a typo or extra space.
Lo and behold, the difference was the style of the quotes around ITBar7Position.
Your quotes did not work, but mine were okay !

By: Chris Hoffman

Chris Hoffman — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:21:49 +0000

It didn’t work here either. I’m using IE 8 with Windows XP x64 (using the 32-bit version of IE 8).

By: ITguy

ITguy — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:36:42 +0000

IT guy won’t be denied, so I went and downloaded IE8 and tried again still doesn’t work. I still don’t have the “ITBar7Position” option in regedit, only ITBar7Layout I did notice a new line but one big thing I remember in Tech school was NEVER mess with the registry unless you know exactly what you are doing.
Luckily I know what I am doing (most of the time LOL)
I revert back to my original post, maybe this is a vista only trick.

By: ITguy

ITguy — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:05:59 +0000

I am assuming this only works on vista or you have to be sure to have IE 8 , I only have IE7 the registry patch doesn’t work in my version . I tried to do it thru regedit and I do not have the “ITBar7Position” I only have ITbar7layout

Oh well

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:12:23 +0000

If you use regedit and put it in manually it works.

By: Camille Nykerk

Camille Nykerk — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:34:39 +0000

hi
i did what you explained above regarding the menu bar above the address bar but nothing happened.
It said the file has been added to the rgistry but when i open IE 8 it is still the same
please advise