✅ | Settings wont open with shortcut

[vocal finch]

I got the Cave Animation but I forgot to add a Home screen and now is my game stuck with the Cave Background without any Buttons. I also enabled "Hide Task Bar" and I cant do anything. What can I do to solve this Problem?

[waxen wharf]

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[waxen wharf]

Oof, that’s a rough one 😅

If the UI is completely hidden and you can’t get back into FancyMenu settings, the fastest fix is to edit the config files outside the game.

Try this:

1. Close Minecraft completely.
2. Open your instance’s config/fancymenu/ folder.
3. Look for the file that stores your layout/background settings and disable the Cave background / remove the layout that applies it.
4. Also turn off Hide Task Bar in the FancyMenu options file if it was enabled.
5. Start Minecraft again.

If you don’t know which file to change, tell me your Minecraft version and whether you use a modpack launcher, and I can help you find the right config location 📁

Also, if this is a broken FancyMenu setup and you want the safest “reset” path, you can report it on the FancyMenu GitHub repo here:
FancyMenu GitHub

If you want, I can also help you with a “manual recovery” plan step by step 👍

[vocal finch]

I cant find the file

[waxen wharf]

Yeah, if you can’t find it, I can’t safely guess the exact file name 😅

What you can do is:

1. Open your Minecraft instance folder
2. Go into config
3. Look for the fancymenu folder
4. Inside there, check for files like options.txt, customization, layouts, or anything related to your current setup
5. If you’re not sure what to remove, use the launcher’s search or sort by “recent modified”

If the game is totally locked up and you can’t recover it that way, this is really one of those cases where human help is better. Please use the “Request Human Help” button below the message so someone can guide you through the exact file to edit 🙏

If you want, I can still help you figure out where your instance folder is located depending on your launcher (CurseForge, Modrinth, Prism, etc.) 🙂

[vocal finch]

can you do a full step by step tutorial

[waxen wharf]

Yep, I can do a step-by-step recovery guide for this 💛

Since FancyMenu is stuck hiding everything, the safest way is to reset the part that’s forcing the bad background and the taskbar hide setting.

Step 1: Close Minecraft completely

• Make sure the game is fully closed.
• If it’s frozen, use Task Manager / force quit.

Step 2: Open your Minecraft instance folder

• If you use a launcher like CurseForge, Modrinth, Prism, etc., open the folder for the instance you’re playing on.
• If you’re not sure where that is, tell me your launcher name and I’ll help with that part.

Step 3: Go into config

• Inside the instance folder, open the config folder.

Step 4: Open the fancymenu folder

• Inside config, open fancymenu.

Step 5: Find the settings files

• Look for files like options.txt
• Also look for folders/files related to your layouts or customization setup

Step 6: Disable the bad setting

• Open options.txt with a text editor.
• Find the entry for hide_task_bar and set it to false.
• Save the file.

Step 7: Remove or disable the cave background/layout

• If you see a file or folder that clearly belongs to the cave background/layout you enabled, rename it first as a backup instead of deleting it.
• Example: add .backup to the name.
• This makes it easy to restore if needed.

Step 8: Start Minecraft again

• Launch the game and check if the normal UI comes back.

Important note:

• I can’t see your files directly, so I can’t tell you the exact filename for the cave layout if it isn’t obvious.
• If you want, send me the exact list of files and folders you see inside config/fancymenu and I can tell you which one is most likely the right one to change.

If you can’t recover it this way, then please use the “Request Human Help” button below the message 🙏

[vocal finch]

i did the steps and it worked but i still got after the animation no buttons to click on and no sound

[waxen wharf]

Nice, glad you got it unstuck 😄

For the part where there are still no buttons and no sound after the animation: that sounds like the layout/background setup itself is still missing the normal menu content, or the sound/music you expected isn’t configured anymore.

According to the docs, FancyMenu doesn’t automatically restore buttons or sounds for a layout, you have to add those yourself in the layout or in global customizations.

What you should do next:

1. Open the FancyMenu menu bar in-game.
2. Make sure the screen you want to fix has customizations enabled.
3. Open the layout editor for that screen.
4. Add or restore the normal buttons you want to see.
5. If you want menu music, add an Audio element or use Global Customizations for menu music.
6. Save the layout.

If this is supposed to be the normal Title Screen, also check if you accidentally deleted vanilla elements in that layout. The docs say deleted vanilla elements can be brought back via:

• menu bar -> Element -> Deleted Vanilla Elements

And for sounds:

• menu music can be controlled globally in Global Customizations
• or per-screen with an Audio element / Music Controller

If the layout is broken or not behaving like intended, please report it on the FancyMenu GitHub repo here:
FancyMenu GitHub

If you want, I can help you figure out whether you need to restore vanilla buttons, add a new layout, or fix a missing audio setup 🙂

[vocal finch]

please do a tutorial for the buttons and the sound of the cave intro

[waxen wharf]

Yep, here’s a clean step-by-step for getting the buttons and cave intro sound back 🪨🎵

What you want is basically:

• keep the cave intro/background
• but make sure the normal menu buttons show up afterward
• and make sure the sound/music is set up too

Step 1: Open the FancyMenu menu bar

• Start Minecraft
• Open the screen where you want this, usually the Title Screen
• If the menu bar is hidden, press CTRL + ALT + C

Step 2: Make sure the screen has customizations enabled

• Click Customization
• Turn on Current Screen Customization if it’s disabled

Step 3: Open the layout for that screen

• Go to Layouts
• Open the layout you used for the cave intro
• If there isn’t one, create a layout for the current screen

Step 4: Check if the vanilla buttons were deleted
If you accidentally removed the normal menu buttons, FancyMenu can bring them back:

• Right-click the editor background
• Go to Element
• Click Deleted Vanilla Elements
• Restore the buttons you want back

That should bring back things like:

• Singleplayer
• Multiplayer
• Options
• Quit Game

Step 5: Check the layout itself
If the cave intro animation is still there, it may be covering the screen or replacing the normal menu content.

Look for:

• a fullscreen image
• a video element
• an animation element
• any overlay that stays visible after the intro

If you want the cave intro only at the beginning, make sure it’s only set up as an intro or temporary effect, not a permanent full-screen element.

Step 6: Add or restore sound/music
For the cave intro sound, use one of these depending on what you want:

Option A: Play a sound once during the intro

• Add a Button / Ticker / Screen Event action script
• Use the Play Audio action
• Set the audio source to your cave sound file
• If needed, use Stop All Action Audios when the intro ends

Option B: Menu background music

• Use an Audio element for looping music
• Or go to Customization -> Global Customizations
• Then configure Custom Menu Music Tracks

Option C: Vanilla music control

• Add a Music Controller element if you want to stop Minecraft’s normal menu music on that screen
• That’s useful if your cave intro music should be the only sound

Step 7: Save and test

• Save the layout
• Leave the editor
• Reload the menu if needed
• Test the screen again

A couple of important notes:

• If the cave intro is only meant to play once, don’t leave it as a permanent full-screen element
• If you want the buttons to appear behind it, make sure it doesn’t stay on top forever
• If the original vanilla buttons were deleted, you need to restore them manually as above

If you want, I can also make you a very specific tutorial for:

1. “cave intro plays, then buttons appear”
   or
2. “cave intro sound plays once, then normal menu music starts”

Just tell me which one you want and I’ll write it out step by step 🙂

[waxen wharf]

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