I like to use the quick launch bar in Windows and at one point I just had too many items, so I went looking for a way to sort them into folders. I found it and did it and then promptly forgot how I did it. Then when I wanted to make changes I had to go search for the info all over again. So now I am writing it down for myself and others as the place to edit it is not in the place where you normally would go looking for it.
The settings for the quick launch bar are found in your user settings in the C drive where Windows is installed. It is user specific, so where it says ‘username’ below select the one for the user you want to sort the quick launch bar for:
C:Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Quick Launch
Now you can sort your folder to suit you like mine in the example below
quicklaunch bar
June 22/2007
Thank you sooooooooo much Marlies, I would have never figured that out and am happy to have it available.
I’m not sure how long ago you did this post, so you may have an older version of Windows, though I’ve never had difficulty in organising the Quicklaunch.
Organising is way quicker than going through your Application Data folder.
Simply navigate to the folder (anywhere on your computer, regardless of drive) and drag that folder onto the Quicklaunch. I have been doing this for years through many formats and with so many different applications.
Say I want my folder with all my EFT documents, videos and podcasts, I navigate to where my EFT folder is and drag it down. From there, I can easily access the contents of that folder.
What would, however, be useful, is to know how you got the Quicklaunch folder to open out – Display as menu. When I click on the folder, it opens the folder normally.