[triadtechtalk] Re: Missing Quick Launch Toolbar

Hi Peter,

I did a bit of a search on restoring the Quick Launch and this is what I
found from:

http://www.computerwriter.com/Star/2001/jul/cw070501__quick_lanuch_gone.htm

"simply right-click on the Start Menu bar, select "Toolbars" from the
pop-up context menu, then restore the checkmark next to Quick Launch that
has obviously been disabled" 

However, sometimes, it's not that easy and you get the following:

"Microsoft Error Message instead that said 'Cannot create toolbar for "'

In that case there's a lot of rigamarole to work through but if you've gone
through the bother of reinstalling the OS, you're probably ready for
anything.  :>)

The following is from the above referenced website:

"According to the Microsoft Knowledge Base, here's how Windows 9x/ME users
get it back:

Most people will create a folder named "Quick Launch" (without the quotes)
at the following location: C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\. To do this, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder above,
plant your cursor in the folder contents in the right-hand pane, then
select File/New/Folder.

That was fairly simple, but it's only the beginning. You can now add the
Quick Launch toolbar to the Start bar, but it will be empty. Next, you'll
want to add items to it.

The easiest way to do this, is to find the program you want to add to the
launcher by clicking the Start button, selecting programs, finding the
program you want to add on the list, then right-clicking and holding on the
program name, then dragging the name to the Quick Launch toolbar and, when
you release the mouse button, selecting Copy here. You'll know you've
dragged the item to the correct place when the cursor changes shape from a
circle with a bar through it, to an "I-beam."

This does work for all Windows applications, including Internet Explorer
and Oulook Express (as well as similar programs made by other companies),
But it won't work for the Show Desktop or View Channels commands.

The Show Desktop command is useful if you need to see your desktop quickly
and can't be bothered to rotate through all currently active applications
to minimize them. Creating it when it's lost is a bit tedious, but worth
the effort. To re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar,
follow these steps:

Use any text editor (such as Notepad) to create a file with the following
lines:

[Shell] 
Command=2 
IconFile=explorer.exe,3 

[Taskbar] 
Command=ToggleDesktop

All punctuation, capitalization, and spacing are important. Save the new
file as a file named Show Desktop.scf in the Windows\System or
Winnt\System32 folder. Note that Notepad may automatically append a .txt
extension to the file name. Remove this extension if Notepad adds it. These
steps do not work if the file is named Show Desktop.scf.txt.

Quit Notepad.

Using Windows Explorer or My Computer, navigate to the appropriate folder,
then right-click the Show Desktop.scf file. Select Create Shortcut from the
pop-up menu.

Still using Windows Explorer, and if you're using Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or
ME, copy the new shortcut to the appropriate folder where you created Quick
Launch as described above.

Copy? Highlight the file, then choose Copy from the Edit menu at the top of
the Windows Explorer window. When you've navigated to your Quick Launch (or
Winnt\System32) folder, plant the cursor in the folder, then choose Paste
from the same Edit menu.

Rename the shortcut to Desktop. (Either select the file with the right
mouse button and choose "rename" from the pop-up menu to edit the name, or
highlight the filename and press F2.)

The Show Desktop icon automatically appears on the Quick Launch toolbar."

Hope this helps.

A - in Canada






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