![]() ![]() These simple steps will cause it to always be visible. In Vista and Windows 7, the menu bar is now hidden by default, and you must press the ALT key to see it. In older versions of Windows, the menu bar was always visible in Explorer. having to press Alt is not “cool” and “neato” to me. Today’s Quick Tip: I am just “old school” enough that I prefer just having my menu bar visible in Explorer. Learn about the new Task Manager, and more – click the link. I had found that I had to research on the web how to interact with Metro, so I had read Paul Thurrott’s 8 Is Enough: Post-Setup Configuration. Then I simply dragged the remaining squares into an order/arrangement more to my liking. So the first thing I did was to get rid of a ton of those Metro “secret squares”, as they are utterly irrelevant to me, by right – clicking on each one and either choosing “unpin” or “remove”. So, I “deleted” it, and then clicked on “Add a printer”, then on the device, rebooted, and badda-bing, badda-boom – working printer. There was only one ‘glitch’ – even though the printer was detected and appeared to be “installed”, it would not get out of “offline mode” and actually print. ![]() ![]() and even the wireless network printer (not directly connected)(even more impressive). I was able to skip right to “tweaking” (aka “customizing”), as Windows 8 detected all my hardware and installed the appropriate drivers automatically. Win 8 Part 2 | Restore the Menu Bar | PC Giveaways | More.Īfter I got Windows 8 DE installed (a quick and – for me – painless process) and got past the (painful) ‘bump’ that was my introduction to the Metro “interface” (see, My First Day With Windows 8 (Part One)) it was time to start doing the post-install steps, and also my “customizations” to make the computer “more me” – things like setting a Desktop wallpaper, and configuring some settings to my liking.
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