Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an external hard
drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick Launch). How do I do this?
Thank you.

In news:AC2851BE-2D57-49B0-83E7-(E-Mail Removed),
moon4707 typed on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:01 -0700:
> Hi,
>
> I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an
> external hard drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick
> Launch). How do I do this? Thank you.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

and

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

moon4707 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an external hard
> drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick Launch). How do I do this?
> Thank you.

"Items"? You mean the shortcuts that are in your Quick Launch toolbar?
These shortcuts are in the Quick Launch folder.

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

You can open it quickly by

- right-click on an empty area of the Quick Launch area
- uncheck "Lock the Taskbar"
- right-click the same place and choose "Open Folder"
- re-lock the taskbar when you're done

--
Lem

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

BillW50 wrote:
> In news:AC2851BE-2D57-49B0-83E7-(E-Mail Removed),
> moon4707 typed on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:01 -0700:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an
>> external hard drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick
>> Launch). How do I do this? Thank you.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\Quick Launch
>
> and
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\Quick Launch
>

I had never thought about "All Users" for the Quick Launch tool bar, but
you're correct, there is such a directory.

However, it doesn't seem to work the same way as the "Start Menu"
folders (which merge the contents of the <user> and All User "Start
Menu" folders) for display when you click Start > All Programs

At least, on my XP box, although there is a shortcut in ...\All
Users\...\Quick Launch, it doesn't show up on any actual Quick Launch
tool bar that I can find.

--
Lem

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Lem typed on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:10:59 -0400:
> BillW50 wrote:
>> In news:AC2851BE-2D57-49B0-83E7-(E-Mail Removed),
>> moon4707 typed on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:01 -0700:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an
>>> external hard drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick
>>> Launch). How do I do this? Thank you.
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
>>
>> and
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
>> Explorer\Quick Launch
>>
>
> I had never thought about "All Users" for the Quick Launch tool bar,
> but you're correct, there is such a directory.
>
> However, it doesn't seem to work the same way as the "Start Menu"
> folders (which merge the contents of the <user> and All User "Start
> Menu" folders) for display when you click Start > All Programs
>
> At least, on my XP box, although there is a shortcut in ...\All
> Users\...\Quick Launch, it doesn't show up on any actual Quick Launch
> tool bar that I can find.

You are right Lem! I have Ad-Aware SE in the "All" one (which I don't
use anymore). And it isn't currently showing under my user account. It
might show under different shells (desktops) like Aston1 and Aston2.
Which I often run as well, but not at the moment.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:01 -0700, moon4707
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an external hard
> drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick Launch). How do I do this?
> Thank you.


You've already gotten "how-to" answers, but let me add the following:

What's on the Quick Launch Bar is nothing but shortcuts. They are
*tiny* if you want to copy them. Moreover, if you should lose them
without having copied them, recreating them is *extremely* easy.

So as far as I'm concerned, you don't need copies of these. All you
really need is remembering what shortcuts you have there. If you can't
remember by yourself, I would just write down the names of the
programs they are shortcuts to.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On Oct 15, 11:42*am, moon4707 <moon4...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to periodically copy to an external hard
> drive the items I have saved on my Taskbar (Quick Launch). How do I do this? *
> Thank you.

Are they sometimes disappearing?

If they are, copying them and replacing does not fix your problem.

But now you know where things are if that is your desire.