You could look for Excelxx.XLB file which is the file that saves your Menu setup
and customizations.

Rename it to Excelxx.old then re-start Excel to see what happens.

This will delete your customizations including the toolbars you built.

I would try this macro first. You may not have to delete your customizations.

Sub Worksheet_Menu_Hide()
If Application.CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Enabled = True Then
Application.CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Enabled = False
Else
Application.CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Enabled = True
End If
'''Application.CommandBars("new bar name").Visible = True
End Sub

Paste it into a general module and RunRun Sub/Userform from the VBEditor
Toolbar.

To get to the VB Editor hit Alt + F11 then CTRL + r. Find your workbook/project
and right-click and insertmodule.

Paste the macro into that module.





On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:48:02 -0700, foraminut
wrote:



"Sidd" wrote:

The main menu bar containing "File Edit Tools etc" is still missing

I've landed in this discussion group with a similar problem. Using Excel
2003, very abruptly today I have *no toolbars at all (nothing to click and
change the view) save for two custom toolbars I've used for a long time. I
do *not have the option, (on clicking in the greyed area or using the down
arrow on either menu) to select or add the customary standard toolbars, as
none of them are listed, even by clicking 'customise'. Either this is a view
problem (which I can't change because I have no view) or I've lost what I'd
think would be the corollary to normal.dot in the Word environment. Ideas
please? I'm lost and desperate and under some time constraints.
Thanks a lot. Marguerite Foraminut