Questions tagged [quicklaunch]
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How to hide and unhide Windows 11 taskbar Quick Launch while keeping the positions of the shortcuts?
I wanted to hide the QuickLaunch area in Windows 11 taskbar because I didn't want to show it in a meeting where I am sharing my desktop. So I right-click in an empty area in the taskbar, select ...
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How can I make icons in the Windows 10 taskbar/quicklaunch/tray darker to help prevent burn-in on my OLED display?
OLED panels are susceptible to burn-in. How can I make the taskbar/tray and quicklaunch icons/text (even if it makes the taskbar itself) darker? I know about the dark theme, but please understand that ...
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windows 10: some icons show default picture at the quick launch bar
Quite a while ago I created a "separator" icon to get a more neat quick launch bar. I do not remember anymore how I finally created the .ico file.
Unfortunately only the default picture is ...
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How to show quicklaunch bar on second monitor
I've got a quicklaunch folder setup and on my taskbar, but it will only show on the main taskbar. I would like it on both monitors. I tried dragging it much like moving the main taskbar to whatever ...
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How to add quick launch toolbar in Windows 10 1909 - older instructions DO NOT WORK
I upgraded to Windows 10 1909, and I'd like my quicklauch toolbar back.
All the instructions I'm seeing for Windows 10 say to add this directory
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
in ...
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Any way to open Windows Mobility Center with Win+X in Windows 10?
In Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1, the user could simply press Win+X to instantly display the Windows Mobility Center.
In Windows 10, Microsoft changed things, and the Win+X keyboard shortcut displays, ...
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Icons become program tabs when the program runs (Windows 7)
Why do icons in quick launch bar (bottom left) become program tabs when the program runs? I can't just left click on them to open a new instance, I have to right click and search the menu for the ...
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Taskbar pinned programs keep disappearing on Windows 7
A weird occurrence started happening a few days ago on my PC running Win7, namely all the programs that I have pinned to my taskbar are now nowhere to be found when you turn the PC on - the left side ...
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Icons on Quick Launch show as blank pages - Windows 10
I know this has been asked before, but no answer has worked for me. I rebuilt the icon cache two or three times and the blank pages keep coming back every time I reboot. If I click on the program ...
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Change icon of Windows 10 Quick Launch (Custom) Toolbar
I have created a quick launch toolbar of my Games folder (Right click taskbar → Toolbars → New Toolbar → Select Game Folder).
This creates a toolbar that looks like this:
I am trying to change the ...
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Drag'n'drop file on top of quicklaunch icons doesn't work anymore
I'm used to run files by drag'n'dropping them on top of one of the icons in quicklaunch. When I need to launch file with some app, while file is associated with another, or just use the other version ...
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Windows 8 Jump List (Quick Launch, Task Bar) menu items background is too dark and icons misaligned
On my new laptop with Windows 8 on initialization setup I probably chose a wrong background, which applied only to Quick Launch items context menu: now I can't see labels when i open any icon menu, ...
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Configuring Windows 7 Quick Launch taskbar icon (for Google Chrome)
I have two different machines both running the same version of Windows 7 Pro. One (the good one, from my point of view) has a QuickLaunch Google Chrome button on my Taskbar immediately to the right of ...
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What ways exist to control (enable/disable) automatic startup of applications at the end of system boot? [duplicate]
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). I remember the days when on Windows 95 it was possible to cause programs to launch once the system had finished booting by placing a link to such ...
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Windows 7, quick lauch on task bar placed left
I have to move to Windows 7 from XP. I'm used to launch applications from quick launch in task bar. So, to be able to have several icons in quick launch, I placed task bar at left in XP.
That's how ...
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