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sam13484
Re: the toolbar under explorer (not internet explorer)

Using Vista, when you switch to Classic theme and set for each folder to open a new window, you still see the old Vista navigation buttons (greyed) out, at the top of each window. Has anyone figured out a way to remove them and to get a real Classic Windows look?
NoNameNeeded
QUOTE (sam13484 @ Sep 12 2007, 05:32 AM) *
Re: the toolbar under explorer (not internet explorer)

Using Vista, when you switch to Classic theme and set for each folder to open a new window, you still see the old Vista navigation buttons (greyed) out, at the top of each window. Has anyone figured out a way to remove them and to get a real Classic Windows look?

There is no way.
The explorer toolbar has been completely removed from Vista.
The only buttons that remain are the back and forward button.
sp00f
There is a reg tweak to do this
sam13484
Can you please post the Registry tweak that will do this? Thanks.
meh11
Are you talking about the File, Edit, View, etc menus? Folder Options ==> View Tab ==> Always show menus (tick this). Nothing much else....
sam13484
The registry patches did not work. Perhaps there was a misunderstanding. I was talking about the tool bar in Windows Explorer, above the menu bar, the one with the round back and forward buttons, and with the search window. Switching to classic theme leaves those buttons greyed out. I'd like to know how to remove them, to achieve the real classic windows look. Thanks.
NoNameNeeded
This was possible in Longhorn by switching to classic explorer mode using gpedit.msc but I don't think that this tweak works anymore.
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