Hack Internet Explorer 8, Move Menu Bar Above Address Bar

How do I bring back IE8 menu bar to the top of the window? How to Move the Menu Bar Above the Address Bar in IE8? The decision to move the address bar doesn’t make any sense, if it is for cosmetic changes just to prove IE7 and different from IE8, then by all means this is the biggest failure.

Below is a simple tutorial on how to move the menu bar below the address bar, just like good old IE7.

1. Open up Notepad (or right-click the desktop, mouseover New and select Text Document).

2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]
“ITBar7Position”=dword:00000001

3. Save the document as ie8_menubar_above_address.reg.

4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.

5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.

6. Restart you computer (or simply stop and start Explorer.exe from the Task Manager).