How to get icons on the task bar

[Fokke Nauta]

Hi all,

With XP I was able to drag an icon from the desktop to the task bar (with a
right click) and it stayed there. This is what they call quick launch, isn't
it?
I can't do that with W7 (Home Premium). When I drag an icon from the desktop
to the task bar (again with a right click), it says "Attach to Windows
Explorer" (translated) and that's it. A little window opens with on top the
name of the icon and it says "pinned" (translated). But no icon on the task
bar.
How on earth do I get my quick launch icons on the task bar?

Many thanks in advance.

Fokke

 

[Dave-UK]

Hi all,

With XP I was able to drag an icon from the desktop to the task bar (with a
right click) and it stayed there. This is what they call quick launch, isn't
it?
I can't do that with W7 (Home Premium). When I drag an icon from the desktop
to the task bar (again with a right click), it says "Attach to Windows
Explorer" (translated) and that's it. A little window opens with on top the
name of the icon and it says "pinned" (translated). But no icon on the task
bar.
How on earth do I get my quick launch icons on the task bar?

Many thanks in advance.

Fokke

You can enable Quick Launch here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Hi all,

With XP I was able to drag an icon from the desktop to the task bar
(with a right click) and it stayed there. This is what they call
quick launch, isn't it? I can't do that with W7 (Home Premium). When
I drag an icon from the desktop to the task bar (again with a right
click), it says "Attach to Windows Explorer" (translated) and that's
it. A little window opens with on top the name of the icon and it
says "pinned" (translated). But no icon on the task bar. How on earth
do I get my quick launch icons on the task bar?

You can restore Quick Launch to the taskbar

http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+7+quick+launch

but I found it simpler just to create my own custom toolbar.

Create an empty directory somewhere. Mine is "D:\toolbar" (no imagination).
Right click on the taskbar and select "Toolbars>New toolbar."
Navigate to the empty folder and select it.

That's it. Tailor text and title to taste and start adding shortcuts.
You can either drag them to the taskbar or to the toolbar folder in
Explorer.

 

[Ken Blake]

Hi all,

With XP I was able to drag an icon from the desktop to the task bar (with a
right click) and it stayed there. This is what they call quick launch, isn't
it?

Not exactly. The Quick Launch Bar was a separate toolbar. It resided
*on* the Task Bar, but wasn't the Task Bar itself. If you dragged an
icon to the Task Bar (rather than the Quick Launch Bar on the Task
Bar) it would *not* stay there.

I can't do that with W7 (Home Premium). When I drag an icon from the desktop
to the task bar (again with a right click), it says "Attach to Windows
Explorer" (translated) and that's it.

I don't whether your translation is accurate, but that sounds very
strange. When you right drag an icon for a shortcut or .exe file to
the Task Bar, you get a popup that (in English) says "Pin to Task
Bar". If yours says ""Attach to Windows Explorer," please tell us what
of file the icon represents.

A little window opens with on top the
name of the icon and it says "pinned" (translated). But no icon on the task
bar.

Since it said "Windows Explorer," perhaps it's being pinned somewhere
else.

How on earth do I get my quick launch icons on the task bar?

Windows 7 has no Quick Launch Bar. But you can pin shortcuts to the
Task Bar, and there are workarounds and third-party programs to give
you something like a Quick Launch Bar. One such third-party program is
the free RocketDock (http://rocketdock.com/) and you might want to try
using that.

 

[...winston]

A Desktop icon shortcut can be of different forms (a few examples are
Program shortcuts, urls, a saved file, a folder).

Dragging a program or shortcut to a program (e.g. Word, iTunes) would pin it
to the taskbar

Dragging a url to the Win7 Taskbar would normally be pinned to the
application configured as default program to open it (e.g. IE).
- it won't show on the Taskbar but would be available by right clicking the
IE icon on the taskbar

Dragging a txt file or its shortcut would place a Notepad item on the
Taskbar and pin the txt file or shortcut to the icon. Subsequent txt file or
shortcuts could be pinned to that same Notepad icon. (again rt. click the
Notepad icon to access the pinned item)

Dragging a Word file (e.g. doc or docx) would place a Word icon on the
Taskbar and pin the file to that icon.

Dragging a folder (e.g. your user folder if enabled to be shown on the
Desktop) would pin it to the Windows Explorer icon (accessible again by rt
click of the Explorer icon). One could also pin a drive to the Windows
Explorer icon (on the Taskbar)

In your case, since you've not stated what icon you're trying to pin/drag to
the Taskbar but are seeing 'attach to Windows Explorer' an uneducated best
guess might be a folder or drive.

--
....winston
msft mvp mail


"Fokke Nauta" wrote in message
Hi all,

With XP I was able to drag an icon from the desktop to the task bar (with a
right click) and it stayed there. This is what they call quick launch, isn't
it?
I can't do that with W7 (Home Premium). When I drag an icon from the desktop
to the task bar (again with a right click), it says "Attach to Windows
Explorer" (translated) and that's it. A little window opens with on top the
name of the icon and it says "pinned" (translated). But no icon on the task
bar.
How on earth do I get my quick launch icons on the task bar?

Many thanks in advance.

Fokke

 

[Fokke Nauta]

Not exactly. The Quick Launch Bar was a separate toolbar. It resided
*on* the Task Bar, but wasn't the Task Bar itself. If you dragged an
icon to the Task Bar (rather than the Quick Launch Bar on the Task
Bar) it would *not* stay there.

Yes it would.

I don't whether your translation is accurate, but that sounds very
strange. When you right drag an icon for a shortcut or .exe file to
the Task Bar, you get a popup that (in English) says "Pin to Task
Bar". If yours says ""Attach to Windows Explorer," please tell us what
of file the icon represents.

OK, call it "Pin to Explorer"

Since it said "Windows Explorer," perhaps it's being pinned somewhere
else.





Windows 7 has no Quick Launch Bar.

Yes it has

But you can pin shortcuts to the
Task Bar, and there are workarounds and third-party programs to give
you something like a Quick Launch Bar. One such third-party program is
the free RocketDock (http://rocketdock.com/) and you might want to try
using that.

Well. that's not my taste.

Fokke

 

[Fokke Nauta]

You can enable Quick Launch here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

Thanks Dave, this makes sense.
I already got it working.

Fokke

 

[Fokke Nauta]

You can restore Quick Launch to the taskbar

http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+7+quick+launch

but I found it simpler just to create my own custom toolbar.

Create an empty directory somewhere. Mine is "D:\toolbar" (no
imagination).
Right click on the taskbar and select "Toolbars>New toolbar."
Navigate to the empty folder and select it.

That's it. Tailor text and title to taste and start adding shortcuts.
You can either drag them to the taskbar or to the toolbar folder in
Explorer.

Even though you're an American, I'll try my best English
I managed to use the Quick launch as Dave-UK mentioned. Nevertheless I will
give your hint a try as well.
Very familiar with XP, W7 is new to me.

Cheers,
Fokke

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Even though you're an American, I'll try my best English I
managed to use the Quick launch as Dave-UK mentioned. Nevertheless I
will give your hint a try as well. Very familiar with XP, W7 is new
to me.

I never used Quick Launch even when it was available by default. I
always preferred my custom toolbar(s), but whatever rings your chimes.
Just offering an alternative.

 

[Fokke Nauta]

I never used Quick Launch even when it was available by default. I
always preferred my custom toolbar(s), but whatever rings your chimes.
Just offering an alternative.

I use Quick launch in XP. But moving on to W7 now, I will give your
alternative a try as well. Always good to use alternatives.

Fokke