Movable toolbars like in XP/Vista

[SpawNyK]

Hello, i've been running 7 since beta, and i'm verry pleased with it exept for a few things but the most important and disturbing problem of mine is that i can't move the new toolbars i create to the left/right/top of the desktop like i could in XP :



or even Vista :



I searched all over the internet for a solution even on your forum, but i couldn't find any, so could you please tell me if there is a solution for this or not, but without any 3rd party apps.

Thanks in advance !

 

[Antman]

The taskbar is completely re-worked (redesigned). You can only have one - top, bottom, left, right - but only one.

 

[SpawNyK]

Thanks for the fast answer, but i just don't understand why they didn't implement movable toolbars in the redesigning.

I mean since win98 i'm using a toolbar on the right to store my games shortcuts, because i don't want to put them on my desktop or on the taskbar, and now i have them in a desktop folder, that's a "-" from me MS!!

 

[Sassa]

Thanks for the fast answer, but i just don't understand why they didn't implement movable toolbars in the redesigning.

I mean since win98 i'm using a toolbar on the right to store my games shortcuts, because i don't want to put them on my desktop or on the taskbar, and now i have them in a desktop folder, that's a "-" from me MS!!

The new taskbar behaves as toolbar...
Antman explained that nicely

 

[Antman]

I dunno - do not judge too quickly. There is a great amount of flexibility in the new bar. I really like all of the pinning and history available in the jump lists.

I use the bar in a way I would have never used quick launch, for example. The enitre left side of my 1920x1080 res monitor is filled with my most frequently used apps - always in the same place, all windows directly available by right click and on and on.

Of course, I did not "like" it at first. Now, I have a hard time in my XP VM -trying to use a jumplist that isn't there!

And all of my drives are directly available thru the right click. Just drag your desired folder to the "My Computer" icon and drop it.

 

[Sassa]

I dunno - do not judge too quickly. There is a great amount of flexibility in the new bar. I really like all of the pinning and history available in the jump lists.

I use the bar in a way I would have never used quick launch, for example. The enitre left side of my 1920x1080 res monitor is filled with my most frequently used apps - always in the same place, all windows directly available by right click and on and on.

Of course, I did not "like" it at first. Now, I have a hard time in my XP VM -trying to use a jumplist that isn't there!

And all of my drives are directly available thru the right click. Just drag your desired folder to the "My Computer" icon and drop it.

I use 1080p monitor too... Its great for new taskbar, and when I saw it, it was love on a first sight...

 

[myzr7]

Have you tried the Quick Launch tool bar? Maybe not what you wanted but you can put games and such on it. Have a look at this tutorial. Good luck to you!
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

 

[SpawNyK]

Have you tried the Quick Launch tool bar? Maybe not what you wanted but you can put games and such on it. Have a look at this tutorial. Good luck to you!
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

Yes i've tried this, thanks anyway.

Then what about 3rd party applications, i dont like them but witch one do you use or is the best? for sidebars, docks, toolbars.
Or maybe theirs a gadget that do that, sorry can't test i'm on a XP machine.

 

[Surfer76]

Alternative to Windows toolbars

You may wish to try Stardock ObjectDock which is free and looks great. You can move this to any chosen location on your desktop and it's easy to use.
Go here to get it:- Stardock.com - Your Edge In Software

 

[wysiwyg]

I don't know what the problem is, but you can reposition the task bar to wherever you want it.

Left click and drag,

Are you sure you haven't got the taskbar locked.?

Don't bother with all that crappola thats been suggested.

 

[Surfer76]

Taskbar or Toolbar?

I can't understand why my posts don't appear in the original threads

 

[Surfer76]

I don't know what the problem is, but you can reposition the task bar to wherever you want it.

Left click and drag,

Are you sure you haven't got the taskbar locked.?

Don't bother with all that crappola thats been suggested.

I am fully aware that the Taskbar can be placed in a position of choice but I think the original thread was asking about Toolbars not Taskbars. In Windows XP you could add new Toolbars and place them anywhere. I have no idea why Microsoft discontinued this function but I hope my suggestion will prove helpful to those who wish to add a new Toolbar into a position of their choice. I have always found it useful to add toolbars where I can have control over 'shortcut icons' that otherwise clutter the desktop window.

 

[Surfer76]

Please ignore any duplicates of my threads ... totally at a loss as to why the original doesn't appear in the thread

 

[Surfer76]

I don't know what the problem is, but you can reposition the task bar to wherever you want it.

Left click and drag,

Are you sure you haven't got the taskbar locked.?

Don't bother with all that crappola thats been suggested.

I am fully aware that the Taskbar can be placed in a position of choice but I think the original thread was asking about Toolbars not Taskbars. In Windows XP you could add new Toolbars and place them anywhere. I have no idea why Microsoft discontinued this function but I hope my suggestion will prove helpful to those who wish to add a new Toolbar into a position of their choice. I have always found it useful to add toolbars where I can have control over 'shortcut icons' that otherwise clutter the desktop window.

 

[wornout]

For any of you who miss the movable tool bars from XP and back, I found a free utility that does a great job of duplicating that functionality. The only hitch is that it will only let you dock toolbars to sides of the primary monitor on a multi-monitor system.
It's called Coolbarz
you can download it from BryntYounce.com
You'll have to click on the COOLBARZ icon on the upper left of the window to get to the download page.
Enjoy!

 

[DeaconFrost]

You may think it was a useful feature, but Microsoft did some extensive testing and gathering of feedback with this OS. If the majority of people didn't seem to use a feature, it was removed. My personally, I don't miss it, as extra toolbars make my screen look busy and crowded.

 

[wornout]

That's why i set the toolbars to "autohide" like i do with the taskbar, that way you only see them when you bump the edge of the screen. It's not much different than having commonly used icons on the desktop but the toolbars will pop up on top of windows that cover icons.

 

[Lykho]

That's why i set the toolbars to "autohide" like i do with the taskbar, that way you only see them when you bump the edge of the screen. It's not much different than having commonly used icons on the desktop but the toolbars will pop up on top of windows that cover icons.

and it's much more convenient than using 'show desktop' when you have multiple windows open, because, of course, if you used that function to open a folder linked on the desktop, you can't, afterwards, restore all your windows again ('unshow desktop', as it were)--you have to click each on the taskbar one by bloody one!

 

[Imperfect1]

Everyone likes to customize their system the way that THEY want. I don't understand why people are continually criticizing others for the way in which the other person prefers to customize his/her system. I would love to see the members offer more help and less criticism of other people's personal preferences.

Having said my 2¢ here's some additional 3rd party apps for you to try:

Objectdock
Winstep Nexus Dock
StandaloneStack - Free software downloads - It uses the same stacks library as RocketDock. You can have a folder with subfolders of categorized apps that you can use as a toolbar.

 

[ZaphodBeeblbrox]

You may think it was a useful feature, but Microsoft did some extensive testing and gathering of feedback with this OS. If the majority of people didn't seem to use a feature, it was removed. My personally, I don't miss it, as extra toolbars make my screen look busy and crowded.

I showed my XP toolbars to a guy who gives computer help classes. I have toolbars on the left, top and right of my laptop screen.

This guy is an "expert" on MS operating systems and applications. He writes books about them. He is a Microsoft MVP.

When I showed him my hidden and auto-expanding toolbars, he said: "Wow! How did you do that?".

So "if the majority of people didn't seem to use a feature" then that - in my opinion - is not the reason to delete it.