Windows 7 - Local Area Connection [Shortcut]

Attached are two screen shots.

One firsts shows the Local Area Connection Status in Windows 7.

The other shows the shortcut i created to get to the status in Windows XP.

I used that shortcut in XP often. I click on it and then hit 'disable' and i can use
my computer while being 'offline'. When i wish to get online again in XP I simply
click that shortcut again and a dialogue box appears that says "Enabling".

Nice. A 'toggle switch' to go on and offline. I love it! But i cannot replicate that
shortcut in Win 7 for it will not allow me to 'drag' Local Area Connection to Quick Launch.

Is there anyway i can replicate that XP shortcut that I love, in Windows 7?

Thanks in advance

Works for me...


Are you sure you are dragging it to Quick Launch and not the superbar or whatever it's called?

Hello Cathrine,

This can help show you how to.

Local Area Connection Status - Create Shortcut

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Yes, but I was dragging an undragable thing to Quick Launch.
For the undragable thing was the thing that I had to click to get to
the Local Area Connection Status box.

It's all good now! [Read the next post] Thanks!
Catherine

Dear Shawn:


Yes it helped immensely.
Well it did once I found out that in Windows 7; Manage Network Connections = Change Adapter Settings;
then yes, everything went swimmingly. Clicked on that to open the 'link' to Local Area Connection and
then the shortcut 'took' when I dragged it to the QL Bar.

A perfect ending. Thank you so much!

Regards
Catherine

You're welcome Cathrine.

LOL, yeah I'm currently working on a Windows 7 version of that tutorial for those small differences.

Uh huh, I was kinda going 'yea but???' for a minute or two. Then I said,
heck I'll try this, and voila it took me to the right place.
Love a happy ending!

no reply needed
Catherine

Link updated for the new Windows 7 version.

I've found that while trying to disable/enable adapters via shortcut, its sometimes a coin flip if it actually disabled it or not. Enabling seems to work accurately 95% of the time, its just the disable is dodgy at times, needing to actually disable twice, 2nd time does it 99% of the time.