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View all posts by Sergey Tkachenko. I had hoped that since they finally partly saw reason, they might have put it back in but… Guess not. Thank you so much! Again, thank you! The main reason I prefer QuickLaunch is that each click of the icon in the QuickLaunch bar starts up a new instance of the target application.
To start another instance of that program, you have to right-click on the icon and select the application again from the pop-up menu.
In other words, drag and drop a file onto a program icon in Quick Launch and that file is immediately opened in that application if the program is designed for this, of course. Win 10 is a bad OS compared to other actual modern alternatives out there. Is anyone having trouble getting the quick launch bar to stay put and take title to show properties and display text? Thanks for the article explaining how to add the quick launch toolbar to the task bar in Windows Unfortunately, after each re-start, it disappears and requires a fresh installation.
This occurred after many attempts to add the quick launch toolbar only to have it disappear regardless of which browser was used; Edge, Internet Explorer, or Firefox. Every Windows version starting with Windows 7 resets it from time to time. IDK why and how to stop it. But not with every restart. It is not normal. Can you tell me which version of Windows 10 you are using? Thank you so much Sergey! Be it Windows 7 or 8, I always used similar procedure to reestablish quick launch with 24 icons in two lines.
I am power user, 16 hours a day, since 25 years, and personally prefer that way. For the general discussion: 1 Why combine keyboard and mouse commands if not necessary?
Quick launch allows mouse-only commands. With best regards from Brazil. Does anyone have a solution? FYI: you can enable big icons for quick launch by right clicking it the toolbar, not icons in toolbar. It works, thanks for that. Note: when I started to drag, I saw the Quick Launch area to expand and the application icons to shrink.
It confused me… We have to continue to drag, and eventually the Quick Launch area moves to the left. I am very thankful — my language is Dutch, I am 73 and I did not like all those icons om my screen, I loved Quick Launch! And now I found how to do it — and it works again. Much appreciate the info and additionally the layout of your site bookmarked. Thx Sergey. However, when I reboot, the icons come back rearranged. They stay fixed on Windows 7. Anyone else have or fix this issue? Your email address will not be published.
Skip to content Advertisement. Support us Winaero greatly relies on your support. Why would you want the Quick Launch bar back when you can pin programs to the Taskbar?
The Quick Launch bar also contains the Show Desktop feature, which is a more obvious place than that small rectangle on the far right side of the Taskbar especially in Windows 8 and Maybe you prefer to use a more old-school, ungrouped taskbar with shortcuts on the side.
Copy and paste the following path into the box at the top of the On the New Toolbar — Choose a folder dialog box and press Enter. When the Taskbar is unlocked, there is no check mark next to the option. Click and drag the two vertical dotted lines on the left side of the Quick Launch bar to the left side of the Taskbar. But, if you want to get the Quick Launch bar right next to the Start button, we can solve that. Click and drag those lines to the right of the Quick Launch bar. If you want the Quick Launch bar right next to the Start button, you can hide the Cortana icon and the Task View button.
The original Quick Launch bar had an icon and no text. You can move the vertical dotted lines to change the width of the Quick Launch bar on the Taskbar and show more than one item from the menu on the Taskbar.
If you want to hide the Quick Launch title and show some items from the menu on the Taskbar, you might also want to remove the text from the items, so they will take up less space. Below is an example of the Quick Launch bar with no title and no text on the one item showing on the Taskbar. Click the double-arrow button to access the Quick Launch menu. The Quick Launch bar is removed from the Taskbar. If you want to add the Quick Launch bar to the Taskbar again, you will have to follow the steps in this article again.
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