Re: Access 2003 - Missing Menu Bar

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Juliet Alpha wrote on 06/12/2005 07:29 ET :
> Hi again Mike, or anyone out there.
>
> I 'repaired' the Office installation as you suggested, but to no avail.
>
> Looking at the Access window, there is the Title bar at the top followed by
> the Tool bar, then nothing other than the grey background (which is what you
> would expect prior to starting/creating an access application). Just no Menu
> Bar.
>
> Am I doing something daft, or do I have a faulty copy of Office 2003? On
> intial installation of Office 2003, I did follow the prompts to download and
> install any upgrades from Microsoft. Might there be a problem with these?
>
> I am not an expert, but have been using Access to a basic/intermediate level
> since Access-2, then 95, then 97, then 2000, then XP and now 2003. First time
> that I have seen this problem, and as far as I know, there is no function to
> 'Switch-off' the Menu bar - is that right?
>
> The OS on this machine is Windows XP (Home), SP2.
>
> Hope to get a resolution soon. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
>
> Juliet Alpha.
> ****************************
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Juliet
>>
>> My mistake.. I always lump them together as tool bars..
>>
>> You might want to try a repair install on Office.. run the Office CD and
>> select the 'repair' function..
>>
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Juliet Alpha" <Juliet wrote
>> in message
>> news:
>> > Thanks for your prompt reply Mike.
>> >
>> > As I said, there is no Menu Bar at all - 'File' is part of the Menu
Bar,
>> > therefore the 'File' drop-down menu is not available.
>> >
>> > Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Juliet.
>> >
>> > "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Juliet
>> >>
>> >> When you open Access, can you click on FILE?.. if you can, then
click
>> on
>> >> NEW..
>> >>
>> >> Mike Hall
>> >> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Juliet Alpha" <Juliet
>> wrote in message
>> >> news:
>> >> > Just upgraded to Office 2003, ran Access 2003 and there is no
>> Menu Bar.
>> >> > Any
>> >> > reasons why?, and how do I get it to show please?
>> >> >
>> >> > Checked out the 'new' versions of Word and Excel and they
appear
>> to be
>> >> > OK.
>> >> > Just a problem with Access.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be appreciated, or should I go back to '2000?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>
Hello,

To get your full menus back, just start up Microsoft Access 2003 and press
CTRL-G. This will put you into the Immediate window. Once there, type the
following command and press ENTER:

Application.CommandBars("Menu Bar").Enabled=TRUE

Then press ALT-F4 twice (you'll exit out of Access). Restart Access and
everything should be fine.