Moving toolbar to right

[bob b]

Can anyone give me advice on moving the Quick Launch tool bar to the left
side of my screen?

The toolbars are unlocked. I click on a blank place, the curser turns to a
four sided arrow and I try to drag it to the left. It does not move.
Stubborn?

Thanks for any help in advance. Bob.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Bob

They removed this function in Vista, however, there is a workaround.

Right click the Desktop and select New/Folder. A new folder will appear,
click an empty spot on the Desktop. Drag the folder to the left side of the
desktop (Or wherever you want to locate the Quick Launch toolbar.) and drop
it there. You should now have a toolbar that spans the left side of the
Desktop.

Right click an empty spot on the new toolbar and select Toolbars/Quick
Launch. The shortcuts in the Quick Launch toolbar should appear. Right click
the toolbar again and deselect Toolbars/New Folder. You should now have the
QL toolbar on the left side of the screen. You can right click an empty spot
and customize just like always with the QL toolbar. You can now right click
an empty spot in the Taskbar and deselect Toolbars/Quick Launch to remove
the second QL toolbar from there.

 

[bob b]

Nice. Thanks so much!!

Bob

They removed this function in Vista, however, there is a workaround.

Right click the Desktop and select New/Folder. A new folder will appear,
click an empty spot on the Desktop. Drag the folder to the left side of
the desktop (Or wherever you want to locate the Quick Launch toolbar.) and
drop it there. You should now have a toolbar that spans the left side of
the Desktop.

Right click an empty spot on the new toolbar and select Toolbars/Quick
Launch. The shortcuts in the Quick Launch toolbar should appear. Right
click the toolbar again and deselect Toolbars/New Folder. You should now
have the QL toolbar on the left side of the screen. You can right click an
empty spot and customize just like always with the QL toolbar. You can now
right click an empty spot in the Taskbar and deselect Toolbars/Quick
Launch to remove the second QL toolbar from there.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Bob

Your welcome. Enjoy.

 

[Donald McDaniel]

Can anyone give me advice on moving the Quick Launch tool bar to the left
side of my screen?

The toolbars are unlocked. I click on a blank place, the curser turns to a
four sided arrow and I try to drag it to the left. It does not move.
Stubborn?

Thanks for any help in advance. Bob.

Here is a MUCH easier way:

1) Unlock the Taskbar
2) Click and drag the "grabber" which is just to the left of the Quick
Launch toolbar. The cursor will turn into a two-sided arrow instead. Drag
it to the left and the Quick Launch toolbar will follow. Move it to the
right and the Quick Launch will follow. This will not work if there are
Window buttons on the Taskbar when you try it, UNLESS your Taskbar has been
doubled or tripled in height.
3) Relock the Taskbar.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Here is a MUCH easier way:

1) Unlock the Taskbar
2) Click and drag the "grabber" which is just to the left of the Quick
Launch toolbar. The cursor will turn into a two-sided arrow instead.
Drag it to the left and the Quick Launch toolbar will follow. Move it to
the right and the Quick Launch will follow. This will not work if there
are Window buttons on the Taskbar when you try it, UNLESS your Taskbar has
been doubled or tripled in height.
3) Relock the Taskbar.

Donald

I think you misunderstooed the question. The OP wanted to detach the QL
toolbar completely from the Taskbar and move it to the left edge of the
monitor. This was possible in XP but has apparently been disabled in Vista.