ShowMenuBar

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

Important

This setting has been removed in Windows 8.1. Users can still make these bars appear in Internet Explorer for the desktop. This information is for reference only.

ShowMenuBar specifies whether the Windows® Internet Explorer® Menu bar appears.

The Menu bar appears at the top of an Internet Explorer window, and provides menus including File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, and Help.

If the Menu bar is hidden, the end user can still make it appear.

Values

true

Specifies that the Internet Explorer Menu bar appears.

false

Specifies that the Internet Explorer Menu bar does not appear.

This is the default value.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer | ShowMenuBar

Applies To

For a list of the Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to hide the Menu bar.

<ShowMenuBar>false</ShowMenuBar>

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer