Win 7 Taskbar and pinned programs question

[Greggy_D]

I have the Taskbar situated on the left side of my 24 inch monitor. Currently there are 7 apps pinned, but they reside near the upper vertical portion of the taskbar. I want the apps pinned near the bottom of the taskbar (where the clock and TSRs are).

How do I configure this?

[Unknown-One]

You don't, there's no option for it, they always stack starting from the start button.

[Greggy_D]

Dammit. That's just ignorant.

Thanks for the answer, regardless.

[FooTemps]

turn on quick launch and be done with it?

[Nenu]

Yep, quicklaunch is what you need to use.

Create a new toolbar and paste this in the folder location:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
You will now have the quicklaunch area that you can drag around on the toolbar.

This solved my major gripe with W7.

[Greggy_D]

Awesome. Thanks guys.

[Brahmzy]

This solved my major gripe with W7.

Me too. My stomach sank when I quickly realized the Quick Launch area wasn't available in W7. Once I got educated I was a happy camper. Can't wait for the real deal.

[bigdogchris]

I have the Taskbar situated on the left side of my 24 inch monitor. Currently there are 7 apps pinned, but they reside near the upper vertical portion of the taskbar. I want the apps pinned near the bottom of the taskbar (where the clock and TSRs are).

How do I configure this?

You don't, there's no option for it, they always stack starting from the start button.Actually this isn't true. If you uncheck "Lock the taskbar", you should be able to grab the edge and slide it down. You might have to add a second toolbar to the start menu though to enable the ''splitter", or whatever it's called, that lets you slide around the shortcuts. There is one available for quicklaunch as well as the new version of quicklaunch.

One thing I did notice about 7 is that if you enable Quicklaunch and have a program add an icon to the quicklaunch, it won't appear. What ever you put in the quickluanch folder won't come up. You have to manually drag it, at least this is how it works in 7127.

[Unknown-One]

Me too. My stomach sank when I quickly realized the Quick Launch area wasn't available in W7. Once I got educated I was a happy camper. Can't wait for the real deal.Erm, that's because they've combined the running programs area of the taskbar with the quicklaunch. Since they've added the ability to pin items, the quicklaunch is redundant (and worse yet, a waste of space).

Actually this isn't true. If you uncheck "Lock the taskbar", you should be able to grab the edge and slide it down. You might have to add a second toolbar to the start menu though to enable the ''splitter", or whatever it's called, that lets you slide around the shortcuts. There is one available for quicklaunch as well as the new version of quicklaunch.
That does not change the direction they stack, that just makes their total available area to stack so small that they're forced down near the clock. Open one more application and you'll get a scroll bar because there isn't enough room for new windows.

[bigdogchris]

That does not change the direction they stack, that just makes their total available area to stack so small that they're forced down near the clock. Open one more application and you'll get a scroll bar because there isn't enough room for new windows.Yeah but ... you can just unlock the task bar and move it as you add more, that way you don't ge the scroll box. It's no different than how you handle quick launch if you don't want the scroll bar. That would still keep all the applications down that way. Plus as long as you keep the option to stack they won't show the full size tabs that normally opened applications will so the size won't have to expand.

[Nenu]

Erm, that's because they've combined the running programs area of the taskbar with the quicklaunch. Since they've added the ability to pin items, the quicklaunch is redundant (and worse yet, a waste of space).

On the 3 Windows 7 RC1 installs I've used (ie wasnt a bad install), the standard taskbar is a pain in the arse for starting programs from.
For example, I cant directly pin My Computer or a shortcut to it and other items are just as awkward.
If My Computer is open I can pin it from the taskbar menu but after rebooting, it is gone.
It also mixes things up on the taskbar in a confusing manner.

The quicklaunch area is perfect, small icons that are always there, in the same place that do what you need, quick and easy.
Also as I already have icons for IE,media player etc, I remove the W7 ones and the taskbar is no longer a mess of big/small icons when a few windows are open.
Couldnt ask for more :)

[Brahmzy]

Since they've added the ability to pin items, the quicklaunch is redundant (and worse yet, a waste of space).


Wrong. It's not redundant. It's a pain in the ass. It does NOT replace the quick launch. I cannot pin drives or folders, I can in the quick launch. So, that creates 2-3 more mouse clicks and time wasted searching for the correct folder in a big long list. This results in a lot of wasted time at work and at home. GUI's are supposed to speed up and ease usage, NOT create more work to do the same thing.

[Arainach]

You can pin folders. It just groups your pinned folders into one icon, which is intuitive and logical.

[Nenu]

You can pin folders. It just groups your pinned folders into one icon, which is intuitive and logical.
...and slower
I disable the grouping too, another pita.
Instead I use a double height taskbar with small icons instead of needing to group icons because there is no room.
Its fantastic once that is done and quicklaunch is running with the normal Windows 7 style program launch icons on the taskbar removed.

[Brahmzy]

You can pin folders. It just groups your pinned folders into one icon, which is intuitive and logical.

YES.... SLOWER. What part of slower do people not understand. 1-click = fast 2-3 clicks and scrolling through a list = SLOW x 50 times a day = RIDICULOUS

[Arainach]

If you're opening the folder 50 times a day, maybe you shouldn't close it as often. If you're going to whine that much, just pin a Batch file.

[Nenu]

If you're opening the folder 50 times a day, maybe you shouldn't close it as often. If you're going to whine that much, just pin a Batch file.

You are blindly trying to get us to do things your way (reading is a useful skill btw) when it provides no tangible benefit for us and means we lose performance instead, as already explained more than once!
Seriously, stop trolling, we dont want to hear "your whining" :p

[Arainach]

Because clearly, being able to go to a single place to access a program whether running or not is of no benefit. Because clearly, grouping the icons on the taskbar so you don't need to read through a huge pile of disconnected clutter to find what you're looking for is of no benefit. Lose half a second requiring an additional mouse click in a rare instance (I've never known of anyone outside of 2 or 3 very vocal people on this forum to pin a folder to quick launch) in exchange for gaining entire seconds in other, much more common scenarios? Sounds like a huge positive to me.

[Sabrewulf165]

Wow, people disagreeing and blindly arguing their positions without even listening to one another. SHOCKING :D

[Nenu]

Because clearly, being able to go to a single place to access a program whether running or not is of no benefit. Because clearly, grouping the icons on the taskbar so you don't need to read through a huge pile of disconnected clutter to find what you're looking for is of no benefit. Lose half a second requiring an additional mouse click in a rare instance (I've never known of anyone outside of 2 or 3 very vocal people on this forum to pin a folder to quick launch) in exchange for gaining entire seconds in other, much more common scenarios? Sounds like a huge positive to me.

I'm happy if you're not.
ps reading skills come in mighty handy on a forum !