How to Get the Good Old “Quick Launch” Toolbar Back in Windows 7?
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.
