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Enable menu options in IE8

Issue - The menu options are not displayed in Internet Explorer 8.

Reason - This is not an issue and is by design. To view the menu options, hold the Alt key.

Resolution - To enable the menu options to be displayed always, you should enable to “AlwaysShowMenus” key to 1. Follow the steps:

1. Press Win + R keys.

2. Enter regedit and press Enter.

3. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain

To enable, create a dword value named AlwaysShowMenus and set it to 1, and to auto-hide, set the dword value to 0.

If you don’t want to play with the registry, download and run the corresponding .reg fix.

Hide Menus, Show Menus