Links Bar

[Ed O'Brien]

I have just taken delivery of a new Vista PC. On my old Win XP I placed a
Links bar on the left-hand side of the desktop with shortcuts to all my most
used progammes. This hid automatically until I looked for it by moving the
cursor off the screen. I can't see a way to do with is with Vista. Can
anyone help?

TIA

Ed

 

[Mac]

Taskbar, Properties, Toolbars.

 

[Ed O'Brien]

Thanks, Mac.

Could you explain that just a but further. I went that route but couldn't
work it out.

 

[Mac]

Right click on the taskbar, select properties, click on toolbars tab, select
links option, click OK.

One the taskbar tab of the same properties window you can set auto-hide etc.

Does that explain it enough?

 

[Ed O'Brien]

I hope you're a patient guy, Mac.

I have no trouble getting a Links bar onto the Taskbar at the bottom of my
desktop. It is 'unlocked'. My problem is, I can't move it to the edge of the
desktop. I get the four pronged arrow (left & right mouse button) but all I
can do is move the Links along the taskbar, not off the taskbar and to the
edge fo the desktop.

 

[Mac]

I am guessing that your XP links toolbar was a third party app rather than
part of XP. Would you consider using a free Vista sidebar gadget for links?
If so look here -

http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-gb

Otherwise I'm running out of ideas ;-) (and links....!)

 

[Mac]

Or try a third party toolbar?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...s=SUNA,SUNA:2007-17,SUNA:en&q=desktop+toolbar

 

[Ed O'Brien]

Can't say I'd be very happy with that, Mac. What beats me is in Help &
Support it tells you to "drag the taskbar to one of the four edges of the
desktop", just as in XP. Do you know a nice MVP who might get involved? )

 

[Mac]

I know how to move the WHOLE task bar if that's what you want rather than
just links!

Make sure it is unlocked then simply LEFT click and hold down and then drag
to the left edge...

;-)

 

[KristleBawl]

Yes, you can still grab the actual taskbar and move drag it to any of the 4
sides of the desktop screen, and make it hidden until you move your mouse
near it.

Try grabbing coser to the clock.

KB

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[ThePro]

You can move the hole taskbar but you can't move any toolbar "out of" the
taskbar in Vista.

ThePro

 

[Max]

Right click your desktop, create a new folder. Drag that folder to the edge
of your choice--it becomes a toolbar.
Right click that, choose Toolbars--add a built in one (or more than one), or
browse to an existing folder of your choice (Toolbars/New Toolbar.....).
Set your options as desired (AutoHide, etc), then choose to CLOSE the "New
Folder" toolbar--you will be left with whatever you chose to 'add' to it).

You can no longer drag toolbars off the main taskbar to place them elsewhere
as you could in XP.

 

[Ed O'Brien]

That sounds very final. Yes, I know the whole taskbar can be moved, but on
my XP machine I have a Links bar down the left edge (on autohide) and the
default taskbar along the bottom. I was hoping I can have the same thing
with Vista.

 

[Ed O'Brien]

Thanks, Maxwell. Amazing, but I got there just as you were probably writing.
I opened IExplorer, shrunk it and dragged the Links folder to the edge of
the desktop and, walla! There it was.

Thanks to everyone who contributed input. It's good to know you're all out
there.

Best wishes,

Ed

 

[Mac]

Well! nice to know I learned something new today ;-)

 

[Mark R. Cusumano]

Can't say I'd be very happy with that, Mac. What beats me is in Help &
Support it tells you to "drag the taskbar to one of the four edges of the
desktop", just as in XP. Do you know a nice MVP who might get involved?
)

And BTW does the MVP really stand for Mystical Voodoo Priest/Priestess? ;-)