"Simlified" Apple menu

Hello out there,
since yesterday I have a kind of "Simplified" Apple menu, containing just the items "About this Mac", "Force Quit", "Sleeping Mode", "Logout <USER>" (Sorry, these are MY translations from German :-))
I don't know how that happend. But after a restart I was confronted with a "Simplified" Finder, without Icons on the desktop (which I deactivated via using the "Xupport"-Application) - But I don't know why and how the "Simlified" Finder. Now it is working fine again.
But can somone tell me how I will get back my "Shutdown", "Restart" and "System Preferences" among the other missing Apple menu items?
Greetings from Germany
Ansgar

Ansgar
Although I don't have this application I think you selected the option 'Simple Finder'. I think that this reduces the items in the Finder Menus to the absolute basic - as well as hiding the desktop icons. You should be able to get back the Apple menu items by deselecting this option. Of course you will also get back your desktop icons. If I'm correct it is up to you to choose which options in this program suit you best.
My German is almost non-existent even though I have very good friends in Cuxhaven.
Neville

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