Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 23, 2026
Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
Path in the GPO console
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer Description
This policy setting positions the menu bar above the navigation bar. The navigation bar contains icons for a variety of features, including browsing web pages, searching the web by using a selection of search tools, accessing and managing favorites, viewing a history of visited pages, printing, and accessing email and newsgroups. The menu bar contains menus that open lists of commands. The commands include options for printing, customizing Internet Explorer, copying and pasting text, managing favorites, and accessing Help. If you enable this policy setting, the menu bar is above the navigation bar. The user cannot interchange the positions of the menu bar and the navigation bar. If you disable this policy setting, the menu bar is below the navigation bar. The user cannot interchange the positions of the menu bar and the navigation bar. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can interchange the positions of the menu bar and the navigation bar.
Registry
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser Value name: ITBar7Position
Enabled: ITBar7Position = 1
Disabled: ITBar7Position = 0
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]
"ITBar7Position"=dword:00000001More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
$path = 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ITBar7Position' -Value 1 -Type DWordIntune XML
No direct Policy CSP / OMA-URI mapping for this policy. Use the Intune Remediation tab, or ingest the ADMX in Intune.Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser' -Name 'ITBar7Position' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
$path = 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ITBar7Position' -Value 1 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser' -Name 'ITBar7Position' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Position the menu bar above the navigation bar
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Only Internet Explorer 7.0 and Internet Explorer 8.0
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
$path = 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ITBar7Position' -Value 1 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.