Recently we told you how to get good ol' "Show Desktop" icon back in Windows 7:
How to Get the Good Old “Show Desktop” Feature Back in Windows 7?
Now we;ll tell you how to get Quick Launch toolbar back in Windows 7 Taskbar:
1. Right-click on Taskbar and select "Toolbars -> New toolbar...".
2. It'll open Browse dialog box. Now paste following string in the "Folder:" text box:
%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Press Enter and click on "Select folder" button.
3. It'll immediately add Quick Launch toolbar to Taskbar.
4. Now right-click on Taskbar and uncheck "Lock the taskbar" option.
5. You'll see a placeholder to drag the Quick Launch toolbar.
6. Right-click on the toolbar placeholder and uncheck "Show Title" and "Show Text" options.
7. If you want to increase the icon size, right-click on the toolbar placeholder and enable "View -> Large Icons" option.
8. Drag-n-drop this toolbar to the left of Taskbar.
9. That's it. You have the good ol' "Quick Launch" toolbar back. Now you can copy all desired program shortcuts in this new folder and they'll appear in Windows 7 Taskbar:
This article was posted in Windows 7.
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Meg
Thank you! This is my major problem with 7. I hate the way it 'pins to taskbar'. There is way too much space between icons, and with the 10 icons I have in my quicklaunch, it takes up most of the task bar. This is way better!
dj_karol
Hi,
I've got the same problem like Toorop and I've tried what has been adviced and I can't find these entries in registry, but the problem still occures. Please help, anyone.
Toorop
Hi Karol,
my problem simply disappeared after some time. I just kept adding again and again the Quick Launchbar Folder in the new taskbar menu. After some restart / shut down it worked - one or two day if I remember correctly. So just add it again when you turn on your PC, and at some point the system will get bored, and the taskbar remains