{"id":3815,"date":"2011-01-14T01:01:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T09:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2011-01-14T01:01:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T09:01:50","slug":"how-to-enable-quicklaunch-in-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/14\/how-to-enable-quicklaunch-in-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable Quicklaunch in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe Windows 7 hid Quicklaunch. Quicklaunch is a toolbar where you can put all the programs you use most often and launch them easily. It is incredibly useful. I use it 100 times a day. Here&#8217;s my Windows XP Quicklaunch.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/quicklaunch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3816\" title=\"quicklaunch\" src=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/quicklaunch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/quicklaunch.png 464w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/quicklaunch-200x88.png 200w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/quicklaunch-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, you can turn it back on in Windows 7. Here&#8217;s how (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/tutorials\/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>1. Right click on a empty space on the taskbar, then select (hover on) Taskbar and click on New Toolbar. (See screenshot below)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Right_Click_Taskbar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3817\" title=\"Right_Click_Taskbar\" src=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Right_Click_Taskbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Right_Click_Taskbar.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Right_Click_Taskbar-200x104.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. In the Folder line, type or copy the location below. (See screenshot below)<br \/>\n<code>%userprofile%\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Quick Launch<\/code><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on the Select Folder button. (See screenshot above)<\/p>\n<p>Done!<\/p>\n<p>You can edit the list in Quicklaunch or manipulate the files directly in<br \/>\n<code>C:\\Users\\(user-name)\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Quick Launch<\/code><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more tidbits on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/tutorials\/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html\">the site I found this tip on<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe Windows 7 hid Quicklaunch. Quicklaunch is a toolbar where you can put all the programs you use most often and launch them easily. It is incredibly useful. I use it 100 times a day. Here&#8217;s my Windows XP Quicklaunch. Well, you can turn it back on in Windows 7. Here&#8217;s how (via) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geekery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}