How to make menu bar disappear in windows explorer

[EPurpl3]

Hi,

i have a problem, i had a virus and i have erased it but now the menu bar in windows explorer is always visible, even if i use from the menu tools>folder options>view>always show menus or i use organize>layout>menu bar the bar doesnt hide. Is there any registry patch or something to make it work again? Windows 7 has a very pleasent design but that bar is ruining everything.

Thank you

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello EPurpl3, welcome to Seven Forums!





Not sure if this will do it or not, can't hurt to have a go; have a look at the tutorial at the link below to see if it'll repair the files, if it finds corruption run it again until it comes clean; be sure to post back with the outcome.


How to Repair Windows 7 System Files with System File Checker

 

[Brink]

Hello EPurlp3, and welcome to Seven Forums.

I added step 3 in OPTION ONE to help you with this.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/517-menu-bar-turn-off.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[EPurpl3]

Hi again,

sorry for the slow response and thanks for the reply to both of you.

@Bare Foot Kid, i have scanned using the tutorial you gave me but unfortunately the menu bar is still there but the good part is that the computer seams to be faster now, thanks. Any way i have a huge .log file, should i upload it?

@Brink, i have downloaded from the tutorial you gave me the link the file 'Remove_Menu_Bar.reg' and used him but i see no change (i have restarted the computer). I looked into registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer but there is only (default) - REG_SZ into that folder. Thanks any way, do you have any other ideea?

 

[Brink]

I have updated the REG downloads at the link above. Please redownload them and try it again to see if that may help instead.

 

[EPurpl3]

No, they didnt worked for me, maybe the .reg files are good but i may have another problem.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again.





Start by downloading and installing the free version of Malwarebytes, then run a full scan, if it finds anything continue to run scans until it comes clean; be sure to post back with the outcome.


Malwarebytes Free Virus Scanner

 

[Brink]

Ok. The virus may have entered the values at another location in the registry causing this.

Use the "Find" and "Find Next" feature in regedit to search for AlwaysShowMenus, then AlwaysShowClassicMenu afterwards. If any of these entries are found in the search results in the registry, then delete them in all locations found. Afterwards apply the Remove_Menu_Bar.reg download again.

 

[EPurpl3]

Done
@Bare Foot, i have installed Malwarebytes but every time i start it the uninstall windows for BitDefender (my antivirus) appears and after i press cancel for several times a error apperars (from Malwarebytes) which says "an error has occured. please report this error code to our....... MBAM_ERROR_LOAD_DATABASE (0,5)". I presume this is not the usual behavior for this software .

@Brink. I have searched all those and i have deleted all of them (except for internet explorer), there were 5 or 6, but nothing have changed except that now i dont have any more in folder options the option "Always show the menu bar"... i have changed from Organize>layout but doesnt work.

 

[Brink]

It looks like the virus may have done it's damage.

To be safe, you might consider doing a clean reinstall of Windows 7.

 

[Pusspa]

i see there is a malwarebytes install for virus infected computers that installs it with a random name, maybe u could try that?

EDIT: now i see from google that if you just rename the malwarebytes exe to another name it achieves the same effect.

 

[EPurpl3]

Hi again,

thanks for help but i dont want to install any other Antivirus and i dont want to reinstall Windows. I dont have any viruses or trojans or any malware at this moment (scanned with BitDefender and Trojan Remover which i think is a very good anti-malware software), the only problem i have is the menu bar, i dont think that i have to take such extreme measures as reinstalling windows. BTW Brink, you had a good point (with the virus who changed the location of the registry entry) but unfortunately that action did more damage than helped. Can you please give me the export from registry with the registry folders which contains the words AlwaysShowMenus andAlwaysShowClassicMenu? theoretically this should do the trick. I think the problem is that a setting that can only be modified in registry is missing or is broken or something.

Thanks.


P.S. @Pusspa, the installation of Malwarebyte went very smooth (plus update), the problem appeared after i have started the program, first of all BitDefender started to uninstall. It closed my BD and i have pressed cancel and another window appeared with the same thing and over and over again several times and i have started the scan using MB and i had to reset the computer because nothing was working only the mouse. After restart MB had the same behavior but did not start instead showed me a error.

 

[Brink]

EPurlp3,

Here are those REG entries from my system. You'll need to restart after merging it. Hope they help.

 

[EPurpl3]

Hi again,

thank you very much for your help guys, didnt worked out even with the last patch, it seams you were right Brink, the problem is bigger than i thought, i drop the idea to make the menu bar hide for now and when i will have time i will reinstall windows over this one.

Thanks again.

 

[Brink]

I'm sorry to hear that. Please let us know how it went.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Too bad you couldn't get it sorted, all the best.