How To Turn Any Windows Folder Into A Desktop Toolbar Or Taskbar
Having shortcuts of many folders on your Windows desktop tends to clutter it up with a bunch of icons that you end up not using. Instead of creating shortcuts for a folder, a little known trick can turn any folder into a Desktop toolbar or taskbar…
You can also make the toolbar float by dragging it from the edge of the screen into the middle of your desktop (click and hold on the vertical bar to drag).
The toolbar can be customized by right clicking on it. To close the tool bar, right click on it and select Close Toolbar.
To turn a folder into a toolbar that sits on the bottom taskbar next to the clock (known as toolbar taskbar):
1. Right click the bottom taskbar, uncheck Lock the Taskbar.
2. Right click the bottom taskbar again and and select Toolbars then New Taskbar and navigate to the folder and click OK.
The new toolbar, labeled Local Disk (C:), will be docked next to the clock and can be re-sized by dragging the bar to the left
or re-sizing it until only its name is visible. Clicking once on the double arrows will display the contents of the folder. Right clicking on the toolbar will allow for some customization or to close the toolbar.
Some applications can also dock on the taskbar, such as Windows Media player and iTunes. Following the same steps as above, right
click on the bottom taskbar and select Toolbars then New Taskbar. In this example I'll choose Windows Media Player. After selecting it, open Media Player, minimize it. and it will dock itself on the taskbar (as shown below).
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Comments on How To Turn Any Windows Folder Into A Desktop Toolbar Or Taskbar »
Agreed.
The media player toolbar /might/ have been interesting.
If it worked.
This is interesting. Tried it and it works.
tried it and it didn't work. doesn't do anything when i right click and move the folder to the side of the screen.
@shspanthers: You are correct. It will not work with right click. You will need to left click instead. There was an error in the article and I have made the correction. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
@Anon: I put a new screen shot on the post and was able to capture the screen shot by running it in VMWare. When you tried, what did it or did not occur?
I knew this when I was 11 years :p