Comments on: Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:41 +0000

you’re super genius!!! you helped me solved my big stupid problems

By: dave

dave — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:14 +0000

Awesome, I really hate how they leave alot of good things for dead. pinning stuff to the taskbar is crappy compared to quicklaunch. Now ive got to get all my x86 programming stuff working in windows 7 i hate upgrading sometimes. Java and mingw without dos its gonna complicate things..need a new dos command line type program for windows 7 so old dos/console only stuff can still be used

By: John

John — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:39 +0000

Some time I’ve spent to find the solution abd bring back my beloved quick launch bar without success…
Great job, thanks this is outstanding!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:01:43 +0000

Thanks for this info, I was trying to get this back. I don’t know why they would remove it!

By: anon

anon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:55:48 +0000

this is all good and all but i need help ! i got the QL set up but i want it exactly like vista had it where a simple winkey +1 etc opens it ! not where winkey +1 etc opens whatever tab i have open (eg Firefox), to further explain this pressing the winkey + a number will do what the alt tab does but without the bar and without the scroll right to left.

on a side note: ive made it look like vista but it still groups buttons like messenger together (want 1 instant on one side and another on the other) maybe registry edit ? any help would be helpful

By: Niv

Niv — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:06:44 +0000

Thanks, It works

By: Bobo

Bobo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:38:43 +0000

newscientist2000:

Two words for you: middle click.

Middle clicking any item in the taskbar also starts a new instance.

By: John

John — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:39:18 +0000

This is SO Cool!

By: quicklaunch user

quicklaunch user — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:43:47 +0000

There are two reasons why I really liked this page one from it being EXACTLY what I was looking for.
two: It recreates the quicklaunch folder exactly in the same path/place it was in vista.

I couldn’t wait for release so I updated my Vista64 Ultimate to Win7 Ultimate even though I have two copies pre ordered. Not only did it disable quicklaunch, it gave me no way of finding it. I couldn’t remember what the path was. The most logical would have been to disable it, but leave it as an option under toolbars like it was before. There is ZERO reason to take it out of that list since whoever prefered it would need to recreate it anyways. The most annoying part is if you upgrade, you lose all the shortcuts you were using in it with no way if finding it again. Thank you for this. I used to have other toolbars which I also saved under different folders under %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ to keep them all in once place.

By: exo

exo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:30:14 +0000

Raoul, i have my QL on the right side of my taskbar.. you just drag the dots as you would normally do.

Doesn’t it start on the right side? You cannot drag the QL bar onto the actual desktop though, if that’s what you’re asking. Why would you want it on the desktop anyway? That’s not even a bar anymore.. lol

Just turn on single click file opening then if you want it like that.

@Jeff, why doesn’t it save your settings? I think it’s just you, because my settings remain the same even after i reboot. Also, try lock the taskbar.