Display the usual Menu Bar Permanently in Windows Media Player 11


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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June 8, 2009 by: Prasanth Chandra

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