Computers and Info
Windows 7 Info
Restoring the Quick Launch menu
for Windows 7
One thing I really have grown accustomed to is
the Quick Launch menu and easily opening multiple Windows
Explorer windows across my 2 and 3 monitor setups.
Both of these are noticeably missing in Win7.
Step 1: Get
back the Quick Launch menu
- Right-click the Taskbar, select
Toolbars-->New Toolbar.
- In Folder text box copy and paste
the following:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch
- Right-click the Taskbar, uncheck
Lock the Taskbar, and right-click on the new Quick Launch
toolbar. Uncheck Show Text and Show Title, click
View-->Small Icons
- Drag the toolbar divider all the way to the
left of the taskbar to position it next to the Windows Orb,
adjust the spacing on the taskbar as necessary
- End result:

Step
2: Add Windows Explorer
- Click the Orb, then All
Programs-->Accessories
- Right-click to select and drag
Windows Explorer (
)
to the Quick Launch toolbar, then release
- Select Copy Here from the
pop-up menu
- Right-click the Windows Explorer
icon (
),
then click Properties
- Add the following to the end of the command
in Target: /e,
- The command should look like this:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,

- Click OK
- Now, when you click on the Windows Explorer
icon you'll see this:

Screenshot
courtesy of
Virtual PC 2007 and
MWSnap
- Best of all, you can keep clicking the
Windows Explorer icon and get new Windows Explorer
windows
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Page last updated:
03/17/2009 20:18:52