How to Restore the Quick Launch Bar to Windows 7 Taskbar

To restore the quick launch bar in windows 7 you’ll have to right-click on the open area of the Taskbar and choose Toolbars > New toolbar. Also unlock the taskbar from the menu as well.

windows 7 taskbar new toolbar

The next step involves in putting the following code
%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
at the “Folder” area then clicking on “Select folder“.

windows 7 choose new folder

Immediately after that you will find the quick launch bar has been created at your taskbar.

windows 7 quick launch bar

But the traditional residence of the quick launch bar is the most left part of the task bar. You can shift the quick launch bar to the left by dragging the dotted bar. Check that if the Taskbar is unlocked, by right-clicking on the task bar. Otherwise, you would not see the dotted bar.

Now you would like to show the icons only in the quick launch bar. For this, right click on the dotted bar at the left of your quick launch bar and un-check both of the “Show text”and “Show title”.

configure quick launch bar

The quick launch bar should show only the shortcut icons. You can adjust the width of the bar by dragging the dotted bars.

quick launch bar

Let me know if you like the quick launch bar in your Windows 7 or not.

This is quick helpful for them, who do not want to navigate through Computer on Windows 7 to open frequently used applications. On the other hand, the tutorial doesn’t require any expert knowledge as well.