Contact Forum Editor

Send an email to our Forum Editor:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the Forum Editor know who sent the message. Both your name and email address will not be used for any other purpose.

Windows 7 Help

It's free to register, to post a question or to start / join a discussion

View Forum Rules | Contact Forum Editor

 

Shortcuts toolbar stuck on Taskbar

1 next »

xania
Resolved

Likes # 0

Posted December 3, 2011 at 3:15PM

In Windows XP when you right click the task bar and add a shortcuts toolbar, you are free to have the new toolbar on any edge of the screen away from the taskbar. In Windows 7, I seem to have that shortcut bar stuck on the taskbar. How can I move the shortcut bar to the top of the screen and keep the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, please?

Like this post
difarn

Likes # 0

Posted December 3, 2011 at 4:18PM

If you right click the desktop and open "Personalize", then Taskbar and Start Menu, you are given the option to have your taskbar at the top, bottom, left or right of the desktop.

You can put your shortcut icons individually wherever you want on Windows 7 desktop.

Does this help?

Like this post
xania

Likes # 0

Posted December 4, 2011 at 12:47PM

Sorry, but I think you may have misunderstood the problem. I know I can move the taskbar, but I don't want to. I'm also tryiong to cut down on the num ber of individual icons I have on my desktop, and this I achieved in Windows XP by the use of a speparate short-cuts bar. In Windows 7, on the task bar I also now have a short-cuts bar but unlike Windows XP this it a fixed part of the task bar and I want to separate the two.

Like this post
difarn

Likes # 0

Posted December 4, 2011 at 1:53PM

Hi

Yes I did misunderstand - have a look at this - it may help.

Like this post
xania

Likes # 0

Posted December 4, 2011 at 3:35PM

Hmm. Seems at first glance merely to confirm what I have found. Can't stop now, but I will look at this in more detail later in the week and then come back again.

Like this post
difarn

Likes # 0

Posted December 4, 2011 at 4:24PM

You will need to read through and follow the links. I have removed my icons from the desktop and created a "desktop" tool bar which sits on the task bar. In addition you can pin your favourite web sites to your browser button if you keep this on your taskbar - this works very well.

Like this post
xania

Likes # 0

Posted December 6, 2011 at 10:17AM

Yes - its as I feared - all it tells me is what I already knew. But I don't want my new toolbar ON the taskbar. I have to find an alternative way of solving this problem.

Like this post
difarn

Likes # 0

Posted December 6, 2011 at 3:59PM

Just delved a bit more. Apparently this feature has definitely been removed in Windows 7. Have a look at this to see if it might be an alternative

Like this post  
xania

Likes # 0

Posted December 8, 2011 at 10:48AM

Yes I have now had confirmation of this new 'feature' in Windows 7 from Microsoft with an invitation to let them know what I tihnk about it - I will be letting them know in no uncertain terms. They removed the shortcut bar from Office about 2003, and now this!

Thanks for the link - I'll take a look at this later and see if it helps. For the moment, though, I have added 5 folders of links to my desktop to overcome the problem.

Like this post
rdave13

Likes # 0

Posted December 10, 2011 at 12:05AM

How about something like Rocket Dock, dock-apps.

Don't need/use it myself as I just double the taskbar and pin all short-cuts there.

Like this post
rdave13

Likes # 0

Posted December 10, 2011 at 12:09AM

difarn, apologies, missed your link but a few more to look at in mine.

Like this post

1 next »

Reply to this topic

This thread has been locked.



Check out PC Advisor's other tech forums

Send to a friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.