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thatotheridiot

Basically, I posted this in the Windows XP/2000 Tips and Tricks section. A friend came round and said I should post it here. So I decided to. He also came up with a name o fThe Lazy Start Menu. Well, here it is:

Originally Posted by thatotheridiot

If you are tired of having to open the Start menu all the time, just create a Links toolbar. Easy! Just:

1. Go into your hard drive and make a folder called Links. Open that folder and keep it that way.

2. Go into your Start Menu, go to each thing you want on the toolbar and drag the files into the toolbar WITH YOUR RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON.Click Copy Here.

3. Once you have done that with all the files, right click on the Taskbar and click Toolbars. Click New Toolbar.

4. Find the Links folder and click OK.

5. There should now be a Links toolbar on your desktop!

Hengis

Yup, thanks

thatotheridiot

A small thing: some people say "Why not use Quick Launch?"

I say:

Well on most PC systems you can't delete two annoying programs: Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.
Sorry, but I just can't stand those there. :x So I use that way. But following step 2 of it and dragging the files to the toolbar works as well.

And, most programs force you to put their shortcuts on the Quick Launch.

Spaceman3750

They do?

You can delete IE and WMP from the quick start menu, I have done it...

thatotheridiot

Well some computers have this stupid thing, the Permanent-Read-Only as I call it...

And it's more about the second point. I am not going through an average of 8 more clicks just to stop that stupid icon appearing in my Quick Launch!

MadGamer

Do you know something guys......?? I never knew you could do that

EDIT: I just want the buttons to show instead of the text, but i cant do it

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