Ok, Don, here's the basis of my confusion... not sure about yours...
I've been @ the IT business for a considerable length of time but, I switched from my Win8 machine to my Win7 machine just, to see if I'd lost my mind or something and to be sure I was looking @ Win7 rather than, any 'differences' (from it) in Windows8.
Strangely enough, I am, now, in Windows7 & looking @ exactly what I and my memory have always known
These items you mention, "File. Edit, View, Tools, Help" are found in browser windows not, Windows Explorer windows. "everytime"? you will not see them in a Windows Explorer window anytime.
You may say IE, or any other browser has nothing to do w/ it but, that's where thise items are found, in browser windows & not just IE.
"the Windows7 window"; what or which Windows7 window? Please explain what you mean by that.
Cheers,
Drew