can't hide “File | Edit | Tools | Help� toolbar in Windows Explore

Vista RTM version 6.0 build 6000:

Since a couple of days when I open Windows Explorer I see that the
traditional “File | Edit | Tools | Help� toolbar has reappeared. No matter
what I do, I cannot get rid of it!

I’m aware that pressing the Alt tab toggles that toolbar. But toggling it
has no longer any effect on it.

Equally, checking/unchecking “always show menus� in Folder Options | View
has no effect regardless whether I restart or not. I’ve tried resetting
Windows Explorer to its default view state, but that had no affect either.
The “File | Edit | Tools | Help� toolbar doesn’t go away!

I checked in the registry all values for “alwaysshowmenus�, and all are set
to 0 (decimal & hexadecimal) – checked and default states.

In Windows Explorer itself, under Organize | Layout is an option to check or
uncheck “Menu Bar� which also no longer has an effect on the “File | Edit |
Tools | Help� toolbar.

Can anyone suggest another way to get rid of it and re-enable the Tab
toggle? Are there any scripts out there?

FYI, so far this has only happened in Windows Explorer and not in Internet
Explorer.

But I do would like to get rid of it from Windows Explorer – it sort of
ruins the whole look of it and blank its appearance breaks up the integrated
theme. Shame really!

All help would be much appreciated.

"akita" wrote:

> Vista RTM version 6.0 build 6000:
>
> Since a couple of days when I open Windows Explorer I see that the
> traditional “File | Edit | Tools | Help� toolbar has reappeared. No matter
> what I do, I cannot get rid of it!
>
> I’m aware that pressing the Alt tab toggles that toolbar. But toggling it
> has no longer any effect on it.
>
> Equally, checking/unchecking “always show menus� in Folder Options | View
> has no effect regardless whether I restart or not. I’ve tried resetting
> Windows Explorer to its default view state, but that had no affect either.
> The “File | Edit | Tools | Help� toolbar doesn’t go away!
>
> I checked in the registry all values for “alwaysshowmenus�, and all are set
> to 0 (decimal & hexadecimal) – checked and default states.
>
> In Windows Explorer itself, under Organize | Layout is an option to check or
> uncheck “Menu Bar� which also no longer has an effect on the “File | Edit |
> Tools | Help� toolbar.
>
> Can anyone suggest another way to get rid of it and re-enable the Tab
> toggle? Are there any scripts out there?
>
> FYI, so far this has only happened in Windows Explorer and not in Internet
> Explorer.
>
> But I do would like to get rid of it from Windows Explorer – it sort of
> ruins the whole look of it and blank its appearance breaks up the integrated
> theme. Shame really!
>
> All help would be much appreciated.
>

Regarding my issue mentioned above, I just noticed a rather odd behaviour:

Every time I uncheck in Folder Options | View ‘Always show menus’ then click
on Apply and OK, then reopen Folder Options | View, the ‘Always show menus’
option is checked again. It’s like something always forces this option to be
checked.

It makes no difference if I have any other window open or not, or if the
relevant “alwaysshowmenus� registry keys are set to 0. Even though these are
set to 0, the ‘Always show menus’ option is forced checked again in Folder
Options | View. And yes, this setting controls whether the traditional
toolbar is shown or not, just like the Alt toggle.

Very strange!

All help and advice would be much appreciated to resolve this nagging issue.