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Turning off the uppercase menu in Visual Studio

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A short reference of how the uppercase menu in Visual Studio 2013 can be turned off.

Introduction

Introduced with Visual Studio 2012 the menu was written in all uppercase letters:

Fix it

If you prefer lowercase letters in your menu (and want to go back to a look'n'feel almost like it was in VS 2010), select Tools > Options and check the box near "Turn off upper case in the menu bar". Note that this Options is only available when using VS 2013, Update 4.

 

Hit "OK" and enjoy a human readable menu bar: