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In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE
icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? |
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"Rod Munsie" wrote in message
... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? I don't use tabs, so YMMV. In IE: Tools | Internet Options | Browsing Section. Uncheck: "Reuse windows..........". I didn't like the Pin to Taskbar idea, do I put the Quick Launch back. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...7-secrets.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA |
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Got it. Worked like a charm. Thank you!!!! I don't like tabs or pinning
either. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... "Rod Munsie" wrote in message ... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? I don't use tabs, so YMMV. In IE: Tools | Internet Options | Browsing Section. Uncheck: "Reuse windows..........". I didn't like the Pin to Taskbar idea, do I put the Quick Launch back. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...7-secrets.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA |
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You're very welcome.
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Rod Munsie" wrote in message ... Got it. Worked like a charm. Thank you!!!! I don't like tabs or pinning either. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... "Rod Munsie" wrote in message ... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? I don't use tabs, so YMMV. In IE: Tools | Internet Options | Browsing Section. Uncheck: "Reuse windows..........". I didn't like the Pin to Taskbar idea, do I put the Quick Launch back. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...7-secrets.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA |
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"Rod Munsie" wrote in message ... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? Hold shift button as you click on icon and you can keep opening more IE windows from icon on taskbar, then pick and choose between them from mini-images. |
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On 1/6/2010 6:53 PM, Bruce Hagen wrote:
"Rod Munsie" wrote in message ... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? I don't use tabs, so YMMV. In IE: Tools | Internet Options | Browsing Section. Uncheck: "Reuse windows..........". I didn't like the Pin to Taskbar idea, do I put the Quick Launch back. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...7-secrets.aspx Thanks for that tip! I didn't like the pin to taskbar either, the icons take up too much space IMHO. -- Roy Smith Windows 7 Timestamp: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:21:24 PM |
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Roy Smith wrote:
On 1/6/2010 6:53 PM, Bruce Hagen wrote: "Rod wrote in message ... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? I don't use tabs, so YMMV. In IE: Tools | Internet Options | Browsing Section. Uncheck: "Reuse windows..........". I didn't like the Pin to Taskbar idea, do I put the Quick Launch back. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...7-secrets.aspx Thanks for that tip! I didn't like the pin to taskbar either, the icons take up too much space IMHO. Same here. I just go through restoring my quick launch bar on the left side next to the (unnamed) Start button. I'm hoping now when I turn off my computer, the settings aren't lost. I hate "pin to taskbar." What a dumb idea that is -- who at Microsoft thought it was a good idea? -Al- |
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"Al Smith" wrote in message newsj62n.59172$Db2.9482@edtnps83... Roy Smith wrote: On 1/6/2010 6:53 PM, Bruce Hagen wrote: "Rod wrote in message ... In XP, my Quick Launch bar sat on the left side of the taskbar and had an IE icon, a Show Desktop icon and Outlook Express icon. This allowed me to open as many IE windows as I wanted. In Windows 7, I have an IE icon pinned to the taskbar, but when I click on it, the program opens in THAT icon, rather than opening a text box independently in another part of the taskbar. The IE icon is now "being used" and I don't have another one with which to open another IE window. I've gone to Taskbar Properties and tried "Never combine", "Combine when taskbar is full" and "Always combine, hide labels" options, but don't see any difference between them. How can I get an IE icon to always be available on the taskbar? I don't use tabs, so YMMV. In IE: Tools | Internet Options | Browsing Section. Uncheck: "Reuse windows..........". I didn't like the Pin to Taskbar idea, do I put the Quick Launch back. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...7-secrets.aspx Thanks for that tip! I didn't like the pin to taskbar either, the icons take up too much space IMHO. Same here. I just go through restoring my quick launch bar on the left side next to the (unnamed) Start button. I'm hoping now when I turn off my computer, the settings aren't lost. I hate "pin to taskbar." What a dumb idea that is -- who at Microsoft thought it was a good idea? I haven't a clue... Though the good news is that once you have enabled the Quick Launch toolbar again, it does show up when you reboot. Now if I could just find a way to hide WLMessenger in the taskbar, I'll be as happy as a pig in mud. :-) -- Roy Smith Windows 7 |
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