Quick Launch - Enable or Disable

That's exactly the point this whole thread is trying to make, that the Windows 7 UI team made a compromise that does not work for everybody when they introduce this regression, putting the priority on the cosmetic aspect vs usability.

There is no redundancy with the QL bar since there is no alternative way to quickly open multiple instances of an application such as Notepad, Windows Explorer or Command Prompt with a single click. I have 5 apps pinned to my task bar, but over a dozen on 2 lines in my QL bar.

I actually find it neat to put some less frequently used shortcuts in the QL bar rather than cluttering the main task bar, for instance accessories like Calculator and Character Pad. Their fixed position in the QL bar also makes it easier to memorize their location or find them. It's also much faster to visually browse the small QL area to find your shortcut compared to scanning 2 lines of icons and minimized apps on almost the whole width of the screen.

I want to replace Quick launch toolbar in left near the start menu/
How to change?

Hi Shawn, how do you get to that tutorial?

When I click on "Click here to read the entire tutorial" in your first post, it always leads me to the same Quick Launch - Enable or Disable link, which is this very thread, not a link to any tutorial. I don't see any step 8 or option 1 anywhere. From the very start of reading this thread I always thought that the whole tutorial thing was the few screenshots in your post, but apparently there is more to it.

I have been looking forward to move the QL bar to its original Vista location near the Start/Windows button too.

Sorry Shawn, there is nothing there for me, no OPTION ONE section in your first post.

I found out why, there seems to be a bug in the forums: I had my User CP settings set to display the newest posts first. In that configuration, your whole tutorial is reduced to a line with an ellipse ("...") between the title of your post "How to Enable or Disable Quick Launch in Windows 7" and that new "Click here to read the entire tutorial" link that does not expand as I suppose it should.

I could see your other tutorial "How to Enable or Disable Windows 7 Taskbar Button Grouping" even with the settings set to display the newest posts first, so that's weird.

That step 8 worked fine for me, thanks! Stupid me was trying to move the QL toolbar left instead of the taskbar right. Counter-intuitive Windows... ;(
I changed back the thread display mode to "Linear - Newest first" and the bug repros, maybe check if it does the same for you.

My quick launch toolbar can't be moved to the left side, how can I fix that?

MJ08 said:

My quick launch toolbar can't be moved to the left side, how can I fix that?

Hi MJ08, even after I unlocked as Brink suggested, I could not move the QL bar to the left either. But what did work, was to drag the whole rest of the taskbar to the right of the new QL bar (drag the left handle on the task bar). Then I was able to re-size things to the way I wanted. It takes some patience. Be sure and re-lock when you have it where you want.