GPO or Reg to completely hide the File Explorer Menu Bar (not minimize)?

Question

GPO or Reg to completely hide the File Explorer Menu Bar (not minimize)?

Answer 1

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your post. Based on my research, there are two methods to disable the File Explorer Menu Bar in Windows 10.

Method 1: From UI.

1. Open Folder Options.

2 Click/tap on the View tab. (see screenshot below)

3 Check (add) or uncheck (remove - default) Always show menus for what you want.

4 Click/tap on OK.

Method 2: From registry

Add or Remove File Explorer Menu Bar using REG file

(Contents of REG file for reference) Code:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"AlwaysShowMenus"=dword:00000000

1 Create a new .reg file with the above content and save the file to your desktop.

2 Double click/tap on the .reg file to execute it.

3 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve.

4 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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