diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index 9e5a5fb976..74433eaf41 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -1,23 +1,36 @@
 
 <ul id="adminmenu">
 <?php
-$menu = file('./menu.txt');
-$continue = true;
+// This array constructs the admin menu bar.
+//
+// Menu item name
+// The minimum level the user needs to access the item: between 0 and 10
+// The URL of the item's file
+$menu = array(
+              array(__('Write'), 1, 'post.php'),
+              array(__('Edit'), 1, 'edit.php'),
+              array(__('Categories'), 3, 'categories.php'),
+              array(__('Links'), 5, 'link-manager.php'),
+              array(__('Users'), 3, 'users.php'),
+              array(__('Options'), 6, 'options-general.php'),
+              array(__('Plugins'), 8, 'plugins.php'),
+              array(__('Templates'), 4, 'templates.php'),
+              array(__('Upload'), 5, 'upload.php'),
+              array(__('Profile'), 0, 'profile.php')
+);
+
+$self = str_replace('/wp-admin/', '', $PHP_SELF);
 foreach ($menu as $item) {
 	$class = '';
-	$item = trim($item);
-	if ('***' == $item) $continue = false;
-	if ($continue) {
-		$item = explode("\t", $item);
-		// 0 = user level, 1 = file, 2 = name
-		$self = str_replace('/wp-admin/', '', $PHP_SELF);
-		if ((substr($self, -20) == substr($item[1], -20) && empty($parent_file)) || ($parent_file && ($item[1] == $parent_file))) $class = ' class="current"';
-		if ($user_level >= $item[0]) {
-			if (('upload.php' == $item[1] && get_settings('use_fileupload') && ($user_level >= get_settings('fileupload_minlevel'))
-         && (in_array($user_login, explode(' ', $allowed_users)) || (trim(get_settings('fileupload_allowedusers'))==''))) || 'upload.php' != $item[1])
-				echo "\n\t<li><a href='{$item[1]}'$class>{$item[2]}</a></li>";
-		}
-	}
+
+    // 0 = name, 1 = user_level, 2 = file
+    if ((substr($self, -20) == substr($item[1], -20) && empty($parent_file)) || ($parent_file && ($item[2] == $parent_file))) $class = ' class="current"';
+    
+    if ($user_level >= $item[1]) {
+        if (('upload.php' == $item[2] && get_settings('use_fileupload') && ($user_level >= get_settings('fileupload_minlevel'))
+             && (in_array($user_login, explode(' ', $allowed_users)) || (trim(get_settings('fileupload_allowedusers'))==''))) || 'upload.php' != $item[2])
+            echo "\n\t<li><a href='{$item[2]}'$class>{$item[0]}</a></li>";
+    }
 }
 
 ?>