How to Enable the Quick Launch Bar in Windows 7

I’m yet to write up my full opinions of Windows 7 but generally speaking I like it a lot but having just migrated from Windows XP there are a few changes that I find hard to live with and one is the absence of the Quick Launch toolbar. 

Thankfully it’s pretty simple to bring it back thanks to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article #975784, the instructions are very clear so I won’t recreate them in full here but essentially all you have to do is…

• Right-click on the taskbar and select Toolbars >> New Toolbar. 
• In the dialog box paste: “%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch” and hit Select Folder. 
• Right-click on the Quick Launch toolbar and un-check Show Text and Show Title. 
• Right-click on the Quick Launch toolbar and select View >> Small Icons. 

Now you can carry on using Quick Launch as you did before by dragging and dropping shortcuts to and from the toolbar.