Screen appearance of Elements Organizer 9

Question

I have just upgraded from Elements 8 to Elements 9.
In Elements 8 there was a Preferences option to change the screen appearance of the Organizer interface, essentially to darken the area surrounding the thumbnails rather than having a middle-grey background.  I can't find that option anywhere in Elements 9.  Why not, or where is it?  And if that option has been taken away, I'd like it put back in the next upgrade or version.  Every other software I own lets me tailor the "skin" of the software to my own preferences, why does Adobe feel its latest software should deprive users of even that minimal level of customization of the interface?
BTW I find the thingy at the top of the screen, which you click on to reveal the Organizer Menu drop-down, is nearly invisible in the default appearance of Elements 9.  This is a horrible design decision by someone at Adobe, IMO -- with Elements 8, at least the drop-down thingy you clicked on to reveal the menu was WHITE, not the same shade of dark grey that the surrounding area is (rendering it nearly impossible to locate in Elements 9).  Why on earth did you did this in version 9 when it wasn't like that in 8, Adobe, and please fix it.  This is ridiculous.  (One of the reasons I want to change the screen appearance in 9, if that's possible, is in hopes of making that thingy easier to find.)  It wasn't broken in version 8, so why "fix" it in version 9?
Moreover, why can't we simply have the option of always having visible the File, Edit, Find, etc menus at the top of the screen so one doesn't have to click on that thingy every time you need a menu?  I know Microsoft made the decision to hide all the Windows menus unless you know to press the Alt key, in Windows 7, but at least they give you the option of leaving the menus where they always were in previous versions.  Maybe some people think those menus are "screen clutter," but a lot of us users don't and have got used to them over the years, and no one asked us about whether we thought it was clutter and wanted it to be hidden.  If it isn't possible to keep those menus always visible in the Organizer (and Photoshop Elements Edit) interface, then how about giving us that option in the next upgrade or version, please?  If it is possible to do this now, I can't find anywhere in the software for that choice, please let me know where it is.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm not arguing that it's not annoying--I'm not a fan of the organizer in any way, shape, or form, myself. The link works fine for me, but here's the text. It was done for earlier versions of PSE but still pertains:
Setting the Windows text size too large
[PSE 6, 7, 8]
This FAQ is not being maintained and may be out-of-date
If you set your Windows display to have a text size larger than 100%, PSE will exhibit some glitches in its user interface.  (On XP and Vista, the text size is called “DPI” – dots per inch – and 96 DPI is equivalent to 100% in Windows 7.)  Many newer, high-resolution displays and laptop screens are set to a larger text size to make text in applications more readable.
The glitches and workarounds include:
-          The Organizer’s menu bar (File, Edit, etc.) won’t show up. You can either set the Windows text size back to 100% (96 DPI), or you can set the Organizer option Edit > Preferences > General > Use System Font.  With the latter, the results aren’t always the prettiest, e.g. the font in the Editor’s menu bar stays small, but the font in the dropdown menus gets large. But this workaround at least lets you keep the text size large so that you can read the text in all your other applications.
-          The Advanced Dialog in the Photo Downloader won’t be available in PSE 8.  (That also occurs on short displays.) You’ll need to reduce the Windows text size to something less – how much depends on the resolution of your display.
-          The Editor on Windows 7 can show a mouse cursor for some tools that looks like three distorted shadows of the true cursor.  You’ll need to reduce the Windows text size to less than 150% (149% works fine).
To change the Windows text size/DPI of your display:
XP: Start > Control Panel > Display or Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display.   Click Settings > Advanced.
Vista: Windows Start > Control Panel > Personalization > Adjust Font Size (DPI).
Windows 7: Start > Control Panel > Display. To choose a custom size, click Set Custom Text Size (DPI) on the left.
Microsoft user-interface standards require applications to support text sizes larger than100%.  This is especially important with the newer, high-resolution displays and for people with aging eyes.  Adobe has chosen not to follow the standard.