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Windows Seven 7: Restore Quick Launch Toolbar

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Restore Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7

Remember the quick launch bar in Windows Vista? The one with the Flip-3D, Show desktop, and IE shortcut? You can have it in Windows 7 too; in this guide, you’ll learn how to restore this toolbar.

Note: These guides are written for the public beta of Windows Seven Ultimate (build 7000.) As further builds are released, these guides may be subject to change and will be updated accordingly. If the methods described below do not work, please don’t hesitate to ask our experts in the forums.

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Restoring the Quick Launch Toolbar

To enable the quick launch toolbar, do the following:

  1. Right click the Taskbar and select Toolbars > New Toolbar…
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  2. Paste the following into the folder field and click Select Folder:

    %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

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  3. Right click the Taskbar and uncheck Lock the taskbar
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  4. Now adjust the Quick Launch toolbar to your tastes.
    TIP: To remove the text, right click the toolbar and uncheck Show Text and Show Title
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  5. To enable large icons, right click the toolbar and select View > Large Icons
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You now have your beloved quick launch toolbar back!

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6 Responses to Windows Seven 7: Restore Quick Launch Toolbar

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DarthGuybrush

Brilliant! My “gadgets” refuse to appear and won’t launch from Desktop or Control Panel. Help!

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Rich

Silly question, but did you try restarting first? What caused this?

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elwoode

Trouble is this appears to work for me but on restarting the taskbar has gone back to default. I have tried resetting it for quick launch several times. Also if i remove an icon in the sytem tray it is also back on reboot.

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dfx

thank you, this helped me a lot :)

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oxytoca

I installed the 7057 version of W7 64x, and everytime I restart the PC the quick launch toolbar is gone, have to do it all over. This is just stupid, and I started to like w7. If you pin mozilla to taskbar you can open only 1 mozilla at a time ( from the toolbar ). I really don`t get this, why you change something that is already working great.

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