Policy

Display the menu bar in File Explorer

Windows 11 25H2

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ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > File Explorer
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting configures File Explorer to always display the menu bar. Note: By default, the menu bar is not displayed in File Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, the menu bar will be displayed in File Explorer. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the menu bar will not be displayed in File Explorer. Note: When the menu bar is not displayed, users can access the menu bar by pressing the 'ALT' key.

Internal name
AlwaysShowClassicMenu
Policy ID
ebef19272418
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\AlwaysShowClassicMenuREG_DWORD
1
0

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