Menu Bar and Internet options

[sharonf]

The menu bar in missing in my Internet Explorer 8 and I cannot access
Internet Options. When I try to access Internet Options in Control Panel
nothing happens. The Icon is there and I do not get any error messages
but it will not open. Any ideas?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

The menu bar in missing in my Internet Explorer 8 and I cannot
access Internet Options. When I try to access Internet Options in
Control Panel nothing happens. The Icon is there and I do not get
any error messages but it will not open. Any ideas?

Want to keep Internet Explorer 8?

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer in Windows Vista and Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378


Prefer a prior version or the repair does not work?

How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

 

[sharonf]

Want to keep Internet Explorer 8?

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer in Windows Vista and Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378


Prefer a prior version or the repair does not work?

How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

Thanks but I tried that but the problem carried over to IE 7. I also did
a system restore, which didn't help either although I now have IE 8
back. I also tried SFC and it didn't seem to find any errors. I have
also ran complete Virus and Spyware scans and they find nothing.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Asked/Answered in IE General. If you must make identical posts to multiple
newsgroups, please cross-post one (1) message to all of them. Thank you.

Multiposting vs Crossposting:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

[Daave]

The menu bar in missing in my Internet Explorer 8 and I cannot access
Internet Options. When I try to access Internet Options in Control
Panel nothing happens. The Icon is there and I do not get any error
messages but it will not open. Any ideas?

Have you tried placing it back by right-clicking on an empty (gray?)
area toward the top and placing a check next to the listing for Menu Bar
(first, making sure that the toolbar is unlocked, of course)?

By the way, here is another method to bring up Internet Options:

Start | Run | type "inetcpl.cpl" (without the quotation marks) | OK

The fact that you cannot open Internet Options via Control Panel does
suggest to me, however, that you may have malware.