Solved How do I get the menu bar on top IE9

[kateress]

Months and months ago when I finally got ie9 I was able to get the menu bar back on top and it looked "normal" to me. I left town for 2 days and come back and the menu bar is there but its not in the right spot, its below the tabs. The person staying here swears they didn't do anything, but I know it didn't change itself. How do I change it back? It's really annoying me. Every search I've done brings up something outdated.

 

[Brink]

Hello Kateress, and welcome to Seven Forums.

It sounds like you had upgraded from IE8 to IE9 through Windows Update.

In IE8, you were able to have the menu bar always on top if you like, but you can no longer do this in IE9.

Internet Explorer Menu Bar - Always on Top - Vista Forums

 

[kateress]

Hmm, is there any way to check if that update was done and when? I looked in the control panel under update history and there was nothing done while I was gone. Is there anywhere else to look? It's so annoying! I swear I was able to fix it before, like within the last 6 months when I did a search and found a site that said how to fix it, but I can't find it now. I'm wondering if I can find the update I can uninstall it and go back to the way it was before.

 

[Brink]

You might check with the tutorial below to see if it may be able to help uninstall IE9 to revert back to IE8.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/112121-internet-explorer-9-uninstall.html

 

[whs]

The question in my mind is on how to get the tabs on the bottom - because that's where I think they belong. Unfortunately I have not yet figured out a way to do that. Having the tabs on the top is a nuisance.

 

[HammerHead]

How Important Is It

You can edit the registry. If you choose to do that, I strongly recommend a full back of the registry and create a system Image with some backup software.

Read this Link.

Tab display in IE9 - Microsoft Answers

 

[Brink]

You can edit the registry. If you choose to do that, I strongly recommend a full back of the registry and create a system Image with some backup software.

Read this Link.

Tab display in IE9 - Microsoft Answers

Yeah, that's the same way as below, but it doesn't work for IE9.

Internet Explorer Menu Bar - Always on Top - Vista Forums

 

[HammerHead]

Fooey!

Well I meant well. I admit I never tried it. The tab position has never been a concern to me.

 

[Brink]

No problem. It would have been nice if it did work though.

 

[kateress]

Would the update to ie9 have imported all of my favorites automatically? Because all of my favorites are there, I thought for sure ie9 is what I had before. The only difference that I can even see is the position of the menu bar. I'm just trying to figure out what happened so I can undo it. But if I have to go back to ie8 then thats what I have to do

 

[Brink]

Yes, all favorites and settings would have transfered over when it upgraded to IE9.

Have you considered giving Firefox a try to see how you like it? It has it's menu bar on top.

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser

or

Firefox web browser | Help us test the latest beta

 

[kateress]

Yes, I do have mozilla which I use for school. I don't know why I like internet explorer better. I think I'm more irritated with the fact that my computer was exactly how I liked it before I left and now its different and I have no way of knowing what was changed and how.

 

[Brink]

It was just updated to IE9 from IE8 from Windows Update. If you uninstall the Windows Internet Explorer 9, hide it in Windows Update to prevent from reinstalling, then you should be back to IE8 to have the menu bar on top.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/112121-internet-explorer-9-uninstall.html

 

[kateress]

Brink, thank you so much for your fast responses! The problem now is when I go to uninstall it, there is no "windows internet explorer 9" in my view installed updates. There is nothing pertaining to internet explorer at all. I'm at a loss of what to do now. I am almost 100% positive that I had ie9 before, the only difference is that the menu bar is in a different spot.

 

[Brink]

Hmm, that is odd. While in Internet Explorer, click on Help (menu bar) and About Internet Explorer just to verify what version you have.

 

[kateress]

It says Internet Explorer 9.

 

[HammerHead]

Easily Missed

Here it is in my updates.

View attachment 229844

 

[kateress]

Oh I found it after looking again, thank you hammer head. It says it was done in March though. Why would it just now move the menu bar though? I guess it's not that big of a deal, I'm just so used to it being on top like it was. Even my 5 year old daughter who plays computer games noticed it was different and she doesn't like it either.

 

[Brink]

That's great news Kateress.