hi Diane, these were reqally good articles...i have to laugh cause the only time i ever even saw the office toolbar was after i installed 2003.....so when it disappeared, i had no idea that it wasn;t part of 2003....i did end up with a verticle r/h toolbar, with all my previous shortcuts on it..here is what i did...i took the folder i had found earler and placed it on the desktop. Then i dragged it to the righ edge and voila....a toolbar..very ugly and i am unable to order the shortcuts, but it works. I miss the look of the old one but this one is fine. Thanks for your help. Dragging it to the edge was sort of a wild shot.....i really didn;t think it would do anything. Now I have an extra folder on my desktop that i would like to get rid of, but when i try the shortcuts go with it...lol.....i keep my desktop pretty clear cause I like to see the fractals i have on it. oh well.... ktj "Dian D. Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: See these two articles: What?? No Office Shortcut Bar for Office 2003?? http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=327 What?? No Office Shortcut Bar for Office 2003?? Q & A http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=450 Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ktj15061 Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:30 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Office Shortcut bar is gone.....nowhere to be found.... hello, i loved having the office shortcut bar on the desktop, but it has somehow disappeared. i did a system resore to two days ago(i had it then) for other reasons, it has gone. 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