Windows – How to show/hide the Command Bar (aka Folder Band) in Windows Explorer

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How do I show/hide the command bar (or, as some people call it, the Folder band) in Windows Explorer in Windows 7?

I know ALT toggles the menu bar.

I'd like to toggle the visibility of that command bar (with the organize button).

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Best Answer

There are 2 ways to auto-hide the 'command bar', they are:

1) Manually

2) Automatically

To do it manually, you will need to install Resource Hacker which will allow you to edit the Shellstyle.dll file in Windows. Once you've installed it, follow this link on AskVG. In case the link ever goes down, I'll add a screenshot here:

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Make sure that if you are using a 3rd party theme, edit the Shellstyle.dll file for that theme or this won't work.

Now, with option 2, if you want to set this up automatically, you can download Command Bar Tweaker (via LifeHacker) but it only works with the default Aero theme

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