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Windows Media Player 12

Show the Menu Bar

SUMMARY: If you are used to working with the menu bar in older versions of Windows Media Player, show it in Windows Media Player 12.

Although buttons and other on-screen elements let you access features and customization options in Windows Media Player 12, are you used to working with the menu bar found in earlier versions of Windows Media Player? If so, here are two options for working with menus.

1) To temporarily show the menus, not as a menu bar but as a popup menu, just press the Alt key.

2) To toggle displaying the menu bar, in Library view, press the "Organize" button, choosing "Layout", then "Show menu bar".


Showing Windows Media Player 12's menu bar



Windows Media Player 12 tips were written on a computer running Windows 7 RC. Screenshots and information are subject to change between this and the official release of Windows 7.

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