Several custom toolbars are available for the taskbar. You can create
your own toolbars as well. For example, if your organization has
custom applications or a preferred suite of applications, you can add
buttons for these applications to the toolbar. If applications are no
longer used, you can later remove the additional buttons.
Toolbars available for the taskbar include the
following:
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Address Provides an Address
text box into which you can type Uniform Resource Locators
(URLs) and other addresses that you want to access, either on
the World Wide Web, on the local network, or on the local
computer. When full file paths are specified, the default
application for the file is launched automatically to display
the specified file, such as Internet Explorer or Microsoft
Office Word. One of the things you might not realize about the
Address toolbar is that it retains the same URL
history as the Address bar in Internet Explorer, meaning if you
previously opened a document on a network share, you could
quickly access it again through the history. -
Desktop Provides access to
all the shortcuts on the local desktop so that you don’t
have to minimize windows to access them. -
Links Provides access to
the Links folder on the Favorites menu of Internet Explorer. To
add links to files, webpages, or other resources, drag shortcuts
onto the Links toolbar. To remove links, press and hold or
right-click the link and select Delete. When prompted, confirm
the action by tapping or clicking Yes. -
Touch Keyboard
Provides quick access to the touch
keyboard.
You can display or hide individual toolbars by pressing and
holding or right-clicking the taskbar to display the shortcut menu,
pointing to Toolbars, and then selecting the toolbar you want to
use. This toggles the toolbar on and off.
In addition to using the custom toolbars that are available,
you can create personal toolbars as well. Personal toolbars are based
on existing folders, and their buttons are based on the folder
contents. The most common toolbars you might create are ones that
point to folders on the computer or shared folders on the network.
For example, if you routinely access the C:\Windist,
C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles, and C:\Windows\System32\Inetsvr
folders, you could add a toolbar to the taskbar that provides quick
access buttons to these resources. Then you could access one of the
folders simply by tapping or clicking the corresponding toolbar
button.
You can create personal toolbars by pressing and holding or
right-clicking the taskbar to display the shortcut menu, pointing to
Toolbars, and then choosing New Toolbar. This displays the New
Toolbar – Choose A Folder dialog box.
Next use the Choose A Folder list box to choose the folder you
want to make into a toolbar. When you tap or click OK, the folder is
displayed as a new toolbar on the taskbar. If you add shortcuts to
the folder, the shortcuts automatically appear on the toolbar as
buttons that can be selected. Keep in mind that if you decide that
you don’t want to use the toolbar anymore and close it, you must
reselect the folder before it can be viewed on the taskbar
again.
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