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Questions tagged [quicklaunch]

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How to toggling UAC on/off quickly, eg. using command line, in Windows-7?

I'm writing codes which relates to UAC and need to turn it on/off very often. So that I'm looking for a way to turning it on/off quickly, prefer to use command line. Please share if you know how to. ps. It would be lovely if the solution does NOT…
Nam G VU
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How to stop Google Chrome from auto-pinning itself to quicklaunch in Windows 7?

Google Chrome has begun an annoying habit recently of auto-pinning itself to my quicklaunch bar in Windows 7, at seemingly random times and no matter how many times I manually unpin it. It doesn't seem to be tied to automatic updates; I've noted the…
Cendenta
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Windows 7 always asks if I want to open toolbar shortcuts (.lnk files)

I recently upgraded my work laptop, which not has Windows 7 on it. I was unable to pin some applications, so I went about creating toolbars that function like a "quick launch" area, more or less as shown HERE. I simply created a folder called "Freq"…
Hendy
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How do I lock right-aligned toolbars in Windows 7 without them looking awful

I like to create between 3 and 5 toolbars ( like the Quick launch toolbar) to house different sets of icons for daily use. Games Office, Apps, Utils (stuff like that) I like to right-align some of these so that all content is hidden and the…
Rory Becker
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How can I make the Windows 7 taskbar behave like a cross between the old Quick Launch and new Superbar?

I really like the taskbar in Windows 7, I think combining buttons to launch apps and the icons that show your running apps is groovy. However, because I like having as much space as possible, I've got small icons enabled and shrunk the bar down to…
frumious
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Quick Launch disappears after restarting

Every time I turn on my Windows 7 computer, the Quick Launch disappears. I have to add it manually to the taskbar every time. I had this problem on my last Windows 7 (64bit) machine. And now on my 32bit version of Windows 7, I have the same problem!…
Hamed
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I want to increase the width of Quick Launch

I want to increase the width of Quick Launch but can't figure out a way to do so. I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32-bit
Pacerier
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Windows XP Quick Launch shortcuts with WinKey

How can I make the WinKey+[number] combination run the [number]th item in Windows XP's Quick Launch bar? In other words, I want to mimic the Windows 7 behavior.
user541686
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How can I make icons in the Windows 10 taskbar/quicklaunch/tray darker to help prevent burn-in on my OLED display?

OLED panels are susceptible to burn-in. How can I make the taskbar/tray and quicklaunch icons/text (even if it makes the taskbar itself) darker? I know about the dark theme, but please understand that does not make the icons in the taskbar and…
Twinbee
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Display current layout WITHOUT using Windows's language bar

Basically I love quick launch and pinning is not for me, I can't just pin 50 apps, nor pin them to start menu / use the win + type method. Anyway, Quick Launch works perfectly under Win7 IF you don't use the language bar. If you use it, sometimes…
Apache
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Have a toolbar docked independently from the taskbar in Windows 7

In Windows XP, I'd make my Quicklaunch toolbar dock to the right side of my screen while the original Taskbar (was that the name? I'm already forgetting...) was at the bottom. In Windows 7, I can't get this to happen. I can make a new toolbar, add…
Matt Dawdy
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Quicklaunch like functionality in Windows 7

Windows 7 changes the taskbar and removes quicklaunch which I used heavily and miss somewhat. I know you can re-add quicklaunch to the taskbar but it seems to me a better idea would be an application that sat in the taskbar and displayed the…
James Newton-King
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Lose SOME Quick Launch Shortcuts After Every Windows 7 Restart

Everytime I restart Windows 7 (64bit), some of my Quick Launch shortcuts disappear (both from toolbar and from within the QL directory). This is incredibly frustrating as I like to use Quick Launch shortcuts all along the bottom of ym screen for my…
zigojacko
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Move location of "Desktop" toolbar in Windows 7 task bar?

Having used XP for something like a decade, while I much appreciate almost everything about Windows 7, it's been hard to let go of the cascading menus from the start menu for finding my commonly used applications. I've been using this little app…
jamietre
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How to show quicklaunch bar on second monitor

I've got a quicklaunch folder setup and on my taskbar, but it will only show on the main taskbar. I would like it on both monitors. I tried dragging it much like moving the main taskbar to whatever monitor you want, but that did not work. I dont…
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