Sunday, June 22, 2025

8/09/2011

Windows 7 tips and tricks


Two Microsoft employees have posted helpful Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets this week.
Tim Sneath has posted 30 secrets/tips on his blog. Some of the highlights include the following:
Get Quick Launch toolbar back
  1. Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
  2. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:
    %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
  3. Turn off the "lock the taskbar" setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that "Show text" and "Show title" are disabled and the view is set to "small icons".
  4. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.
 
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