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How do you get text to show at top of explorer window? It can't be that hard, because I did it on two other Windows 11 PCs at home but I can't seem to figure out how I did it on my replacement laptop. Please help me out. See attached screenshot of what I want.
 

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Appearantly you are using some kind of app to change the user interface of the file explorer, as this is not the standard interface of Windows 11 file explorer. May be you are using StartAllBack or Explorer Patcher to archieve this and for better help you better mention what program you'r using for that.

Anyway: When I set the UI of File Explorer (via StartAllBack) to Windows 10, I can change the behaviour of that bar below or above by right clicking the bar itself on an empty peace and enabling or disabling "Display toolbar above the ribbon". The last sentence I translated from Dutch: "Werkbalk Snelle toegang boven het lint weergeven".
 

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bob3d said:
How do you get text to show at top of explorer window?
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www.elevenforum.com

Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11. File Explorer in Windows 10 has a ribbon, tabs, and a title bar with color. The ribbon includes common tasks, such as copying and moving, creating new folders, emailing...
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Kees said:
Appearantly you are using some kind of app to change the user interface of the file explorer, as this is not the standard interface of Windows 11 file explorer. May be you are using StartAllBack or Explorer Patcher to archieve this and for better help you better mention what program you'r using for that.

Anyway: When I set the UI of File Explorer (via StartAllBack) to Windows 10, I can change the behaviour of that bar below or above by right clicking the bar itself on an empty peace and enabling or disabling "Display toolbar above the ribbon". The last sentence I translated from Dutch: "Werkbalk Snelle toegang boven het lint weergeven".
Click to expand...
I used StartAllBack to change the Start menu and that is all I did. I did not touch the explorer windows whatso ever. And in the past where I had the text on the top of the explorer windows on other machines, I strongly believe that I did not use StartAllBack for that function. I wish it did that function, because I have that app installed. I just want to know how to accomplish this feature by any way possible, registry change (s) included. Thanks!
 

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As I said before, you should only need to right-click the text in that bar and disable "Show bar on top" (or something like that, I have a Dutch system).

You can't change it in StartAllBack and I would not know any registry-edit for that.

Edit: on the Internet I found a site where it is explained:
winaero.com

Move Quick Access Toolbar Below Ribbon in File Explorer

In this article, we will see how to move the Quick Access Toolbar above or below the Ribbon in File Explorer in Windows 10.
winaero.com

The bar appears to be called Quick Access Toolbar in English.
 

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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX
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Samsung S24E450F 24"
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
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1. SSD Crucial P5 Plus 500GB PCIe M.2
2. SSD-SATA Crucial MX500-2TB
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Corsair CV650W
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Cooler Master Silencio S400
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Cooler Master Hyper H412R with Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 PWM BL038 fan
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Cherry Stream (wired, scissor keys)
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70 Mbps down / 80 Mbps up
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bob3d said:
I had the text on the top of the explorer windows
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What text are you talkin about? The text you have circled in your screenshot or something else?

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Thanks! That worked. I have my text at the top and I eliminated the icons in explorer which I never use.
 

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    Windows 11 Professional (x64)
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    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inc. G16
    CPU
    Intel Core i9
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0FDMYT A00
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX
    Sound Card
    Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (15.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    4TB SSD
    PSU
    Dell
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Air
    Keyboard
    Dell
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    10 Mbps (Dismal, slow DSL over phone line)
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    Google Chrome
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    Webroot SecureAnywhere

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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
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