How to Enable Quick Launch in Windows 7
If you’re using Windows 7, you might wonder why is it the icons by the start button look different, they are a lot bigger and they don’t seem to be the quick launch icons that we all used to love from Windows Vista. That’s because they aren’t quick launch icons anymore. They’re now called pinned icons. You might find them quite annoying as they don’t organize themselves automatically when you open the program associated with them. Microsoft disabled quick launch as a default to introduce this new pinned icon feature. But if you are like the many people that prefers the good old quick launch this article will teach you how to enable it.
Enabling Quick Launch
1. Right click on a empty space on the taskbar and click on New Toolbar.
2. In the Folder line, type or copy:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch ex: your user profile is James\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
3. Click on the Select Folder button.
4. You now have a Quick Launch toolbar on the taskbar. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: Click on the arrow to see your Quick Launch shortcuts.
5. To Expand the Quick Launch Toolbar –
A) Unlock the taskbar.
B) Left click on the dotted lines and hold, then drag it to the left or right to adjust to show all of the icons. Release the left click when done. (See screenshot below)
C) Lock the taskbar.
6. To Remove Quick Launch Toolbar Icon Text or Title –
A) Unlock the taskbar.
B) Right click on the Quick Launch toolbar title name, then click on Toolbar and select Quick Launch.
C) Lock the taskbar.
7. To Have Small or Large Icons for Quick Launch Toolbar –
A) Unlock the taskbar.
B) Right click on the Quick Launch toolbar title name, then click on View and select to have Large Icons or Small Icons. (See Screenshot below step 5B)
C) Lock the taskbar.
8. To Have Quick Launch Toolbar on Left Side of Taskbar –
A) Unlock the taskbar.
B) Left click on the dotted lines of the pinned taskbar programs of the left side and hold, then drag it to the right past the Quick Launch toolbar and release. (See screenshot below)
C) The Quick Launch toolbar is now on the left side of the taskbar. (See screenshot below)
D) Left click on the dotted lines of these and hold and drag them to make any adjustments to how you want them place on the taskbar. (See screenshot above)
E) Lock the taskbar.
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