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I accidentally made the tool bar disappear at the top of my window (i.e. edit, view, history, bookmark, etc.). How do i bring it back?

Anonymous
2010-10-16T22:07:40+00:00

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I accidentally made the tool bar disappear at the top of my window (i.e. edit, view, history, bookmark, etc.). How do i bring it back?

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-10-17T19:10:17+00:00

    My apologies for also being a little 'snarky' perhaps. And thanks for the reminder that we need to exercise due patience with new computer users. Since you cannot see the menu bar right now, with Firefox open, press the ALT key on your keyboard (left or right of the space bar), that will temporarily show the menu bar. Now to make it stay there without having to press the Alt key each time, click the View tab at the top, hover over Toolbars and when the pop-out menu appears make sure there is a check mark next to Menu Bar.

    Sorry again, and please don't let our impatience keep you from asking any further questions you might have. :)

    Art [artfudd] Folden

    I'm a PC and Windows 7 sux less!

    ): !tol a xus llits liaMLW tub..

    "fishwife" wrote in message news:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***...

    Art: Pardon my vagueness... it is the toolbar at the top of my browser's window - Mozilla Firefox. iIts the toobar at the tippy top that says 'file edit view history bookmarks tools help'. I pressed 'view' and was exploring options there when I clicked something that made it all go away. So far I can't figure out how to get this back.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-10-16T22:18:35+00:00

    The Windows toolbar as you see in Windows Explorer, or the IE toolbar you see in Internet Explorer?

    • If it's the Menu Bar in Windows Explorer, press F11.
    • If it's the Menu Bar in Internet Explorer, right click on a blank spot of whatever toolbar is showing and recheck the Menu Bar.
    • If it's the entire toolbar in IE, press F11.

    Bruce Hagen

    MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010

    Imperial Beach, CA

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-10-16T22:14:30+00:00

    where? In the Explorer? On your desktop?

    "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-10-17T02:12:01+00:00

    What did you do to make it disappear? I have to assume you mean the Firefox toolbar since you

    mention 'bookmark'... because Windows Explorer & Internet Explorer use 'favorites' not bookmarks,

    and not Google Chrome since it does not have such a toolbar. That said, I don't think the Firefox toolbar can be removed, so you really need to supply sufficient information if you really want a solution.

    Art [artfudd] Folden

    I'm a PC and Windows 7 sux less!

    ): !tol a xus llits liaMLW tub..

    "fishwife" wrote in message

    news:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***...

    I accidentally made the tool bar disappear at the top of my window (i.e. edit, view, history,

    bookmark, etc.). How do i bring it back?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-10-17T00:32:15+00:00

    On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:07:40 +0000, fishwife wrote:

    I accidentally made the tool bar disappear at the top of my window (i.e. edit, view, history, bookmark, etc.). How do i bring it back?

    What toolbar are you asking about? In what program?

    Ken Blake (MS MVP)

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