Quick launch restore vista

Click on the left edge dotted lines of the new Quick Launch toolbar, and drag it over to the left as far as it will go. To remove the text labels shown on the Quick Launch toolbar, right-click on the left edge of the toolbar dotted lines and from the resulting Context Menu, uncheck both "Show Text and "Show Title.

At this point, the Quick Launch toolbar looks like it did in Windows XP and Vista, but it's still on the wrong side of the taskbar. Click and drag the left edge of the regular Windows taskbar toolbar dotted lines to the right of the Start button to the left of the taskbar, over the new Quick Launch toolbar.

This will move the main area of the taskbar to the right of your new Quick Launch bar and place the Quick Launch bar next to the Start button. Stop when both toolbars are the size you want. You can now drag and drop your favorite applications or shortcuts onto the new Quick Launch toolbar and "unpin" the default applications from the regular taskbar. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions.

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Take Screenshot by Tapping Back of iPhone. Windows 11 Default Browser. Browse All Windows Articles. Thank you so much Sergey! Be it Windows 7 or 8, I always used similar procedure to reestablish quick launch with 24 icons in two lines.

I am power user, 16 hours a day, since 25 years, and personally prefer that way. For the general discussion: 1 Why combine keyboard and mouse commands if not necessary?

Quick launch allows mouse-only commands. With best regards from Brazil. Does anyone have a solution? FYI: you can enable big icons for quick launch by right clicking it the toolbar, not icons in toolbar. It works, thanks for that. Note: when I started to drag, I saw the Quick Launch area to expand and the application icons to shrink.

It confused me… We have to continue to drag, and eventually the Quick Launch area moves to the left. I am very thankful — my language is Dutch, I am 73 and I did not like all those icons om my screen, I loved Quick Launch! And now I found how to do it — and it works again.

Much appreciate the info and additionally the layout of your site bookmarked. Thx Sergey. However, when I reboot, the icons come back rearranged. They stay fixed on Windows 7. Anyone else have or fix this issue? Your email address will not be published. Skip to content Advertisement. Support us Winaero greatly relies on your support.

Thanks for confirming that this still works in Windows 10! Any one have a fix for this?