I’m not a fan of the new “pin to taskbar” feature on Windows 7. I much prefer the old Quick Launch toolbar. If you are like me, you’ll be glad to know its quite easy to restore (or should I say recreate) this toolbar, and can be done following these steps:
- Right-click the taskbar and make sure that “Lock the Taskbar” is un-ticked.
- Right-click the taskbar again, hover over “Toolbars” and then click “New Toolbar”.
- Enter this folder path into the “Choose Folder” window that appears:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
On the right of the taskbar, you should now see a new toolbar called Quick Launch. All we need to do now is configure it so it looks like it did in previous versions of Windows:
- Right-click the divider for this toolbar and un-tick the “Show Text” and “Show Title” options (you may also need to ensure that the “Small Icons” option is selected.
- Drag the divider to arrange the new toolbar where you’d like it (I usually have it on the left just to the right of the start button).
- Right-click the taskbar and tick “Lock the Taskbar” again.
Applications should still be able to add their icons here as the path to the folder for this toolbar hasn’t moved. However, as new application are developed for Win7, I wouldn’t be surprised if they stop adding Quick Launch icons automatically. Still, its easy to add them yourself!!
Neil
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