Adding programs to Quick Launch
Putting your own programs on the Quick Launch toolbar could not be simpler but there is an important trick:
- Find the program that you want to put on the Quick Launch toolbar. Generally, you choose Start → All Programs and go looking from there, but you can also choose Start → My Computer → c: → Program Files or Start → My Computer → c: → Windows and spelunk. Any way you find the program is okay.
- Right-click the program file and drag it to the Quick Launch toolbar. Avoid the temptation to left-click the program file. Depending on where
you found the file, you may end up removing it from the Start menu or making it totally inoperative! Always right-click when dragging to the
Quick Launch toolbar.
You may need to hover your mouse at the bottom of the screen for a bit until Windows shows you the toolbar. - Drop the icon in the Quick Launch toolbar and choose Copy Here. It is important that you choose Copy Here. One of Windows' worst design faults is in the way it can move programs without any warning and you hit that design fault square in the jaw when dragging icons to the Quick Launch toolbar.
