Wednesday, January 27, 2010

How to Add Quick Launch to Windows 7 taskbar

As you will notice in Windows 7 there is no quick launch bar on the taskbar like Windows XP and Vista. The quick launch actually exists but it is disabled by default so we will have to enable it in order to use it.
How to Enable
1. Right-click on taskbar

2. From Toolbars Menu select New Toolbar
New Toolbar
3. Under Folder add: %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch and press Select Folder
Select Folder
4. You now have a quick launch as below
Quick Launch Preview
5. Unlock the taskbar by right-click on taskbar
Unlock Taskbar
6. Remove the Show Text and Show Title by right-click on the quick launch on taskbar
Remove Text and Title
7. Make sure you right-click taskbar once again and lock the taskbar
Lock Taskbar
8. Quick Launch on the taskbar should look like below
Quick Launch Final

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