Solved Adding a toolbar to the top of the screen????

[ArinA]

I just installed windows 7.

In vista, xp and windows 2000 I added a second tool bar to the top of the screen which had all my quick launch icons and an address bar for quick website entry.

In XP I could create a bar at the top of the screen by pulling the quick launch or address bar out of the task bar and then placing it at the top of the screen.

In vista I could create a bar at the top of the screen by dragging a folder to the top of the screen for a second.

Window 7 removed both of these methods. Can I get it back?

If not, this is a deal breaker and windows 7 is garbage.

Example Triple monitor setup with secondary toolbars at the top of the screen in vista:

Thank you.

 

[deereman]

Can you not just right click that taskbar and select the toolbar as stated here: How To Add and Remove Toolbars in Windows 7 - HowToInWindows.com

...then drag it to the top of the screen?

 

[ArinA]

In XP doing this would allow me to drag the toolbar off the taskbar. Attempting to drag it off in windows 7 only results in it slideing left or right (wider or thinner) on the taskbar.

 

[deereman]

Are you sure the taskbar is unlocked?
I know selecting the edges of the taskbar (the dotted lines) adjust the width. You aren't clicking on the edge are you?

 

[ArinA]

Taskbar is unlocked, which is why I can move the item (which in this case is an address bar) back and forth.

To clarify, I don't want to move the entire taskbar to the top of the screen.

When you right click on the taskbar you can add a "toolbar". I want to remove the "toolbar" and place it at the top of the screen like I could in XP and Vista.

Do you have window 7? Can you do it? If you can, can you take a photo of it so I know did it?

 

[deereman]

I do not have windows 7 so I can't.

 

[belikexp]

I have tried creating a new toolbar and tried dragging the new toolbar off the taskbar. Can't be done. I searched for this feature and I believe Microsoft took this out of Windows 7.

 

[jav]

Unfortunately I think it has been removed

Maybe you can try one of those for your other monitors:
Stardock ObjectDock
About RocketDock - RocketDock.com
WinStep: Desktop Themes and Customizing Windows!
Circle Dock: Download Circle Dock

I know they aren't Windows native toolbars and you will had to install them, but it''s better then nothing.

 

[ArinA]

Mother ****er!

This is equivalent to buying a pair of jeans that makes my ass look good, but unfortunately results in the removal of my penis.

**** you Microsoft.

Thanks for all your help guys!

 

[Gornot]

Get a life and adopt to changes. Poke around and you'll find even better features for what you want to do.

 

[smsff7]

Well there might be a way to improvise it, but since I never created a toolbar like that in XP (no need)

Mother ****er!

This is equivalent to buying a pair of jeans that makes my ass look good, but unfortunately results in the removal of my penis.

**** you Microsoft.

Thanks for all your help guys!

but you would look so much hotter as a chick

lol

 

[ArinA]

Get a life

That makes no sense. I have a life. I don't want to spend it hunting for apps to recreate features I once had.

adopt to changes.

I did. This was a new feature at one point. It made windows XP/Vista so much more enjoyable compared to previous versions of windows and very handy compared to my current mac. There's no reason to remove it.

Poke around and you'll find even better features for what you want to do.

Poked. Found nothing. Can't put the address bar at the top of the screen like I always could. I asked if there was any way to do it and no one gave me a good answer.

Please elaborate which features are better for what I want to do.

 

[whs]

I regret this Win7 omission too. But Rocket Dock that jav linked works pretty well for me. Once you get used to it, you will probably like it even better than the Vista toolbar/dock that I still use in Vista. It just needs a little getting used to.
You have to understand that Win7 is Vista for little old ladies. So they left out a lot of functions so that this audiance would not get confused - LOL.
The taskbars are handy for replacing the Quick Launch which they also axed. And I do not like the tweaked version of Quick Launch that some people propose.

 

[desolator4u]

The very first thing I did after logging onto my account when I first installed Windows 7, I dragged Computer to the top of the desktop. Nothing happened. I tried again and again, and all it did was put a shortcut on the desktop. I immediately googled and found this and another similar thread on this site.
I cannot find any reason why this feature would be omitted from Win7. Also, ArinA, I love how you replied to Sopolias Falst ridiculous post. Anywayz, I will be hunting for a work around to this. Will let you know if I find anything.

~Des

 

[whs]

Poked. Found nothing. Can't put the address bar at the top of the screen like I always could. I asked if there was any way to do it and no one gave me a good answer.

Please elaborate which features are better for what I want to do.

I suggest Rocket Dock. Works very well. It has similar settings as the Vista/XP docking facility.

 

[ArinA]

desolator4u,

let me know if you figure it out. Maybe it's as simple as a registry hack!

-Arin

 

[Hermitt]

Try true launch bar, there is a free version also, free launch bar.

 

[Stringtheory]

Get a life and adopt to changes. Poke around and you'll find even better features for what you want to do.

I'm not the OP, but I'm yet another user (with a life, thank you) who would
love to hear what these "better features" are. Please elaborate.

BTW, I'm a software consultant, and I keep about 80 quick-launch icons for
utilities at the sides of the screen in XP and Vista. Last thing that I need in
the middle of trying to drill into low-level for debugging apps is the distraction
of navigating popup menus. How else would you do that?

 

[Stringtheory]

Poked. Found nothing. Can't put the address bar at the top of the screen like I always could. I asked if there was any way to do it and no one gave me a good answer.

Please elaborate which features are better for what I want to do.

I suggest Rocket Dock. Works very well. It has similar settings as the Vista/XP docking facility.

It appears that Rocket Dock won't work with 64-bit OS's yet. Nexus Winstep supposedly does. I haven't tried it on my 64-bit machines yet, but the test install that I just loaded up looks pretty good. It will also host folders, which is a feature that's missing from some other launchers. Unfortunately, you have to mouse over a folder icon to show the name. If they enhanced that, I think it would be a great substitute for the older desktop toolbars.

 

[whs]

It appears that Rocket Dock won't work with 64-bit OS's yet.

That is correct - that's what it says on their download page.