I found the answer to my own question: Ctrl+O brings up the Open File dialog in IE7 even if the menu bar is turned off.

>Put C:\ in the address bar. It doesn't work exactly the same, but may work for you.
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>>Craig,
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>>Although there's a registry hack to put the menu back on top (see my reply to Terry in this thread), I'm also trying to learn how to get along without it. But one thing I haven't figured out yet is how to get the equivalent of File | Open when you want to browse for an HTML file on your local machine. Do you know a way to do this without the menu?
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>>-Rick
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