"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> Blair wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your help
> > When I dragged the icon from the desktop onto the tool bar a sign
> > appeared which was like a no entry sign on a road.
> > I think that his system must have his tool bar locked and also Quick
> > launch has not been selected as you suggested will try both the next
> > time I visit him
>
>
> Do not mix up the Task Bar and the Quick Launch bar. The Quick Launch Bar
is
> a toolbar, and it is not the Task Bar, nor is it part of the Task Bar. You
> can put shortcut icons on the Quick Launch Bar, but not on the Task Bar.
>
> The Quick Launch Bar may look like it's the Task Bar because, by default,
> the Quick Launch Bar sits *on* the Task Bar, but it doesn't have to. In
fact
> you can drag it off and put it, for example, by itself on the top or left
of
> the screen. I
> particularly like it on the side, because it takes up little screen real
> estate there, and provides room for lots of shortcuts while still leaving
> room on the task bar for running programs.
>
> As far as how to add shortcuts to it, the easiest way is simply to drag
them
> there. Make sure the Task Bar isn't locked.
>
>
Thank you for your help- I have learned a lot about the task bar and the
quick launch bar. I always thought they were part of the same area.
Blair