XP toolbar questions

[Guest Al Dykes]

How to I set the XP taskbar so I can drag applications onto it?

 

ALso, hot to I get the "minimize desktop" icon to show up.

 

I've screwed around with the properties I'm reinstalling XP for the

first time in years and I used to know this stuff.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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Al Dykes

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[Guest James Tigwell]

RE: XP toolbar questions

 

If you right click on the bottom bar, select Toolbars then Quick LAunch. You

can then drag apps to the quick launch area. Show desktop should be there by

default

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James Tigwell MCSE

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"Al Dykes" wrote:

>

> How to I set the XP taskbar so I can drag applications onto it?

>

> ALso, hot to I get the "minimize desktop" icon to show up.

>

> I've screwed around with the properties I'm reinstalling XP for the

> first time in years and I used to know this stuff.

>

> Thanks

>

>

>

> --

> Al Dykes

> News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.

> - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

>

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: XP toolbar questions

 

On 29 Jul 2008 08:23:05 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

 

> How to I set the XP taskbar so I can drag applications onto it?

 

 

You can't. The Task Bar is a place where running programs are shown,

and they are shown automatically; whenever you start a program, a

button for it will be added to the taskbar, and removed when you close

the application.

 

Perhaps you don't mean the Task Bar, but the Quick Launch Bar. The

Quick Launch Bar is not the Task Bar, and not even a *part* of the

Task Bar. It's a separate toolbar that resides *on* the Task Bar by

default, but can by dragged off it and docked on whatever side of the

screen you prefer.

 

The Quick Launch Bar contains shortcuts that can be used to start

applications. If the Quick Launch Bar is visible, simply drag

shortcuts from the desktop to it.

 

If the Quick Launch bar is not visible, enable it: right-click a blank

part of the Task Bar, choose Toolbars, then Quick Launch. Make sure

the Task Bar is unlocked first; right click on a blank spot, and

uncheck Lock taskbar if it's checked.

 

 

> ALso, hot to I get the "minimize desktop" icon to show up.

 

 

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

 

[shell]

Command=2

IconFile=explorer.exe,3

[Taskbar]

Command=ToggleDesktop

 

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

 

Or just click on this link:

 

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

Also note that you can show the desktop instead with a keyboard

shortcut: the combination of the Windows key + D or the Windows key +

M.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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