Comments on: How to enable the Quick Launch bar in Windows 7 http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/ Windows 7 news, rumors, screenshots, and info Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:24:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: saidas http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-11399 saidas Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:45:02 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-11399 Same thing for me exactly. Any resolution yet? Same thing for me exactly. Any resolution yet?

]]> By: Ed http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-11334 Ed Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:41:03 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-11334 Major pain about the new pinnign idea , if you want to launch 2 instances it is not possible, the old quick launch gave you the possibility to launch 5 remote desktop clients or 3 firefoxés besides each other , the new pinning concept simply activates the already opened pinned window. major issue for me. I'm glad i stumbled upon the article here Major pain about the new pinnign idea , if you want to launch 2 instances it is not possible, the old quick launch gave you the possibility to launch 5 remote desktop clients or 3 firefoxés besides each other , the new pinning concept simply activates the already opened pinned window.

major issue for me.

I’m glad i stumbled upon the article here

]]> By: steven http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-10780 steven Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:12 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-10780 When I copy the address into Desktop/Folder:/Select Folder it take me to Local Disk/Users and I get an error message that says my name and the address name Path does not exist. What am I missing here? When I copy the address into Desktop/Folder:/Select Folder it take me to Local Disk/Users and I get an error message that says my name and the address name Path does not exist.

What am I missing here?

]]> By: Maria http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-10651 Maria Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:48:36 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-10651 Can't live w/out my tiny quicklaunch bar, I'm going to use it in combination with pinning, thanks so much! Can’t live w/out my tiny quicklaunch bar, I’m going to use it in combination with pinning, thanks so much!

]]> By: Patrick Dickey http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-9864 Patrick Dickey Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:56:35 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-9864 Hi John, I can't help you with most of the issues that you have with pinning the icons, but I may be able to clarify a couple of them for you. As for how to tell if you have multiple windows open, I'll draw a little diagram that hopefully will clear up the difference. Single window: -- | | -- Multiple Window: -- - | | | -- - (Picture it as a two squares overlapping each other) If there are more windows, they will overlap behind as well. Rearranging your icons should just be a matter of clicking on the icon (holding the mouse button down) and dragging it to where you want it. I just tried it with both pinned and non-pinned icons, and it worked for me. The space saved isn't in the icons themselves. However it's in the difference between having the icons, and then having the actual window name open to the right of it. Having just the icons allows you to have more windows open, without losing the ability to find out which is which. IMHO at least. As far as not being able to tell which icons are open, it may be that your background is too dark or a solid color. On my desktop, which has a picture for a background, the open icons are clearly visible. In Step 2 of the article, they are clearly visible as well (IMHO). However in Step 1, the Word icon isn't as clear (IMHO because of his background or he has some effect turned off). My suggestion (if you're interested) would be to try a lighter background or try other things just to see if the icons show up better for you. Have a great day:) Patrick. Hi John,

I can’t help you with most of the issues that you have with pinning the icons, but I may be able to clarify a couple of them for you.

As for how to tell if you have multiple windows open, I’ll draw a little diagram that hopefully will clear up the difference.

Single window:
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| |
–

Multiple Window:
— -
| | |
— – (Picture it as a two squares overlapping each other) If there are more windows, they will overlap behind as well.

Rearranging your icons should just be a matter of clicking on the icon (holding the mouse button down) and dragging it to where you want it. I just tried it with both pinned and non-pinned icons, and it worked for me.

The space saved isn’t in the icons themselves. However it’s in the difference between having the icons, and then having the actual window name open to the right of it. Having just the icons allows you to have more windows open, without losing the ability to find out which is which. IMHO at least.

As far as not being able to tell which icons are open, it may be that your background is too dark or a solid color. On my desktop, which has a picture for a background, the open icons are clearly visible. In Step 2 of the article, they are clearly visible as well (IMHO). However in Step 1, the Word icon isn’t as clear (IMHO because of his background or he has some effect turned off). My suggestion (if you’re interested) would be to try a lighter background or try other things just to see if the icons show up better for you.

Have a great day:)
Patrick.

]]> By: John http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-9863 John Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:53:28 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-9863 I just tried the suggestion with W7 Ultimate and I get a popup telling me that the path does not exist. I just tried the suggestion with W7 Ultimate and I get a popup telling me that the path does not exist.

]]> By: John Terdik http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-9862 John Terdik Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:50:57 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-9862 There are several things I don't like about the pinning action. (1) the space taken by the icon is to much and reducing the icon to small does not save much space (2) Opening multiple windows of the pinned application is a pain, you have to right-click and then click on the icon (3) just looking at the icon you cannot determine if the application is already open or if there are multiple windows of the application open. (4) I have not discovered how to rearange the sequence of the pinned applications. I put my "most" used applications on the launch bar and I want them in an order that is useful to me, example I want all my office applications in one group, all of my different browsers in one group, etc. There are several things I don’t like about the pinning action. (1) the space taken by the icon is to much and reducing the icon to small does not save much space (2) Opening multiple windows of the pinned application is a pain, you have to right-click and then click on the icon (3) just looking at the icon you cannot determine if the application is already open or if there are multiple windows of the application open. (4) I have not discovered how to rearange the sequence of the pinned applications. I put my “most” used applications on the launch bar and I want them in an order that is useful to me, example I want all my office applications in one group, all of my different browsers in one group, etc.

]]> By: Paul S http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-9799 Paul S Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:49:40 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-9799 Great tutorial - works great, except when I restart and Windows 7 boots up again, I notice all my icons in the quick launch bar have disappeared! 8^/ Any idea why? Great tutorial – works great, except when I restart and Windows 7 boots up again, I notice all my icons in the quick launch bar have disappeared! 8^/

Any idea why?

]]> By: MajesticOne http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-8894 MajesticOne Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:27:00 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-8894 Hi Patrick, I tried what you said and now I no longer feel the need got the quick launch bar! Thanks a lot I guess we all have to just discover how Windows 7 works :) Majestic Hi Patrick,

I tried what you said and now I no longer feel the need got the quick launch bar! Thanks a lot I guess we all have to just discover how Windows 7 works :)

Majestic

]]> By: PatrickDickey http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-enable-the-quick-launch-bar-in-windows-7/#comment-8892 PatrickDickey Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:41:19 +0000 http://windows7center.com/?p=1823#comment-8892 I couldn't find the reply right-off hand that I'm commenting to, so I'll post it here. The replier talked about how you can't pin a folder to the superbar... If you right click on the Windows Explorer icon that's pinned to the superbar, and wait a second or so, it will show you the most frequently used folders. So, if the folder that you're trying to "pin" is one that you use on a regular basis, it shows up there. I think that what they tried to do was to combine the quick launch bar with the rest of the taskbar. And I still say that with a little tweaking, it works. Have a great day:) Patrick. I couldn’t find the reply right-off hand that I’m commenting to, so I’ll post it here. The replier talked about how you can’t pin a folder to the superbar…

If you right click on the Windows Explorer icon that’s pinned to the superbar, and wait a second or so, it will show you the most frequently used folders. So, if the folder that you’re trying to “pin” is one that you use on a regular basis, it shows up there.

I think that what they tried to do was to combine the quick launch bar with the rest of the taskbar. And I still say that with a little tweaking, it works.

Have a great day:)
Patrick.

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