Display the usual Menu Bar Permanently in Windows Media Player 11

June 8, 2009 by: Prasanth Chandra

The latest version of Windows Media Player shows no menu bar by default and thus moves sway from the usual Windows default settings. Like every other setting,there is a work around to make the usual menu bar visible permanently in Windows Media Player 11. Here is the way..

Use the [Alt] key, or right-click the title bar of

  • Press the [Alt] key or right-click the title bar of Media Player.
  • A context menu appears.
  • You can call up all context commands with it.
  • A click on ‘Show classic menus’ permanently shows the old and familiar command bar.
  • If you want to deactivate it at a later date, right-click in the lower part of the Media Player and uncheck the box in front of the assigned command in the context menu.
  • The context menu cannot be accessed with [Alt] in this case.

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