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Menu Bar is missing in Outlook 2003

Up until a little whie ago the menu bar was available and now it is missing.  this is the bar that has the File, Edit, View, etc.  I have tried to locate it and nothing works.  I tried CTRL + V and nothing works.  Any ideas?
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Close outlook;

delete the following file: outcdm.dat

From this directory:  C:\Documents and Settings\"user"\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Restart Outlook
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operationnos:  I did a search for outcdm.dat and could not find it on the problem machine or on a non problem one.  So that did not work.  
Please browse to the location from my first post and look for it there.  Make sure to change the folder options to show hidden files.
Another thing you can check is pressing "ALT+V" to bring up the view menu, from there you can customize the toolbars and see if the "menu" bar is unselected.
I change the folder operations and did a search with the specific file - outcdm.dat and using wild cards still no file.  The location you specified in the 1st post is not there as it is a Windows 7 machine.  I did the ATL +V as well that did do anything either.  thanks for the help let me know if you have more suggestions.
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I just located it and deleted the file and the menu bar is now there.  Thanks for your help.
TOTALY AWESOME!!! Thanks for the help. resolved this fast.