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# How to revert Visual Studio menu alignment
- URL: https://irishdotnet.dev/how-to-revert-back-visual-studio-menu-alignment/
- Published: 2019-10-19T09:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-16T21:30:12.000Z
- Author: Richard Reddy
- Tags: Visual Studio

I recently ran into an issue where Visual Studio decided to right align my menus when I opened them. No other application on my PC had this issue and I never changed any settings on my PC either.

The fix to this isn't as straight forward as updating a menu option from the Tools -> Options section unfortunately.

Click on Start and paste the following to auto search for the Pen & Tablet settings:   
explorer shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}  

![start menu](https://cdn.reddybrek.com/images/posts/703/startmenu.jpg)

Click on the search result and it will open up a Pen and Tablet settings menu. Click on the '*Other*' tab.  

![pen and tablet menu](https://cdn.reddybrek.com/images/posts/703/pentablet.jpg)

Select the '*Left-Handed*' mode and click '*Apply*'.  

![left hand mode](https://cdn.reddybrek.com/images/posts/703/lefthandmode.jpg)

Close the popup and when you go back to Visual Studio your menus should be displaying the correct way for you again.  

![left aligned visual studio menu](https://cdn.reddybrek.com/images/posts/703/leftMenu.jpg)

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