Here’s the key message: “I have been informed by them that Toolbar is not a part of the Platform for Edge. Here’s a link to the “microsoft edge how to setup toolbars” thread. Super huge kudos to Lynnette Jordan who took the time to phone with Microsoft Help Desk and post answers in the Microsoft Community forum. Open the Address bar (to view history, favorites, and search providers) Ctrl + Down arrow. Open a search query in a new tab (not available) Alt + Enter. In most cases you should see Internet Explorer coming up at the top of Search results (See image below). Start typing Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 search bar (next to the start button). You cannot turn on the Tools bar in Microsoft Edge. Press this in Internet Explorer for the desktop. In such a case, you just need to search for Internet Explorer in Windows 10 search bar and pin IE to the taskbar. While on a mission to track down the button to turn on the Tools bar in Edge (as right clicking on the top heading area like you do in Internet Explorer does nothing in Edge), I discovered the following: When I first starting using Microsoft Edge “full time” two weeks ago, I was surprised to not see a few familiar buttons that I use every day in Internet Explorer, including:Ĭuriosity and a desire to not revert back to my old ways of using Internet Explorer prompted this small Microsoft Edge blog series of my discoveries with working with Microsoft Edge.

Internet explorer command bar