Not very Technical

February 22, 2010 10:17 AM

FIREFOX/WINDOWS 7: When using Firefox, where is the bar that includes options of "file", "edit", "view", "favorites" and "tools".? It disappeared! When I access Internet Explorer, no problem, these options are all available and visible, but on Firefox (which I prefer) it seems to have disappeared.
posted by Lylo to Technology (5 answers total)

Best answer: Right-click on the little sliver above the address bar and select "Menu Bar". This should bring it back.
posted by DoublePlus at 10:18 AM on February 22, 2010

Try f11, perhaps twice.

Alt-f?
posted by unixrat at 10:22 AM on February 22, 2010

Alt will show the menu. Then go to view->Toolbars, and make sure Menu bar is checked.
posted by bluefly at 10:25 AM on February 22, 2010

It's possible, but very, very unlikely, that you inadvertently installed a compact-menu extension like Compact Menu or Tiny Menu. If this is what happened, disabling the extension will solve the problem.
posted by box at 10:27 AM on February 22, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks so much DoublePlus. Worked like a charm!
posted by Lylo at 11:31 AM on February 22, 2010