quick launch items disappeared

I have a new Vista home PC. After a day or so the quick launch toolbar was
empty. It was switched on but no icons. if I switch it off, then any open
windows on the task bar move left close to the "start" icon and if I switch
it back on they move to the right to make space for the quick launch icons -
but there's nothing there. I looked at the quick launch folder - ok. I
added several shortcuts to the folder so there were 10 shortcuts there and
two - only two - appeared in the taskbar - but after a while they
disappeared too!
what's going on!

Hi, David.

I can't picture just what you are seeing. But I wonder about 2 things.

First, is your Taskbar locked? Right-click on the Taskbar and make sure
that there's no check in front of Lock the Taskbar.

Second, have you tried to drag the little QL end marker? It's hard to spot,
especially on Vista's black Taskbar. But hover your mouse over the right
end of the QL toolbar and see if you get a double-headed arrow. If so, drag
it to the right until you can see all - or at least more - of your QL icons.
(If there are more icons than can be displayed with your setting, you SHOULD
see a small pair of chevrons indicating that there are more. Do you see
these chevrons?)

If that doesn’t work, post back and we'll try harder. ;<}

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"daviduk99" <> wrote in message
news:981F5A3C-A68F-4266-BF1A-...
> I have a new Vista home PC. After a day or so the quick launch toolbar was
> empty. It was switched on but no icons. if I switch it off, then any
> open
> windows on the task bar move left close to the "start" icon and if I
> switch
> it back on they move to the right to make space for the quick launch
> icons -
> but there's nothing there. I looked at the quick launch folder - ok. I
> added several shortcuts to the folder so there were 10 shortcuts there and
> two - only two - appeared in the taskbar - but after a while they
> disappeared too!
> what's going on!

"R. C. White" <> wrote in message
news:75B64DF7-AF66-458D-B9E1-...
> If that doesn’t work, post back and we'll try harder. ;<}

and note the folder that have the quick launch shortcuts has been moved from
what it was in XP. In Vista it's in
c:\users\<name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

-bb

daviduk99;523525 Wrote:
> I have a new Vista home PC. After a day or so the quick launch toolbar
> was
> empty. It was switched on but no icons. if I switch it off, then any
> open
> windows on the task bar move left close to the "start" icon and if I
> switch
> it back on they move to the right to make space for the quick launch
> icons -
> but there's nothing there. I looked at the quick launch folder - ok. I
> added several shortcuts to the folder so there were 10 shortcuts there
> and
> two - only two - appeared in the taskbar - but after a while they
> disappeared too!
> what's going on!

Hi David,

This tutorial may help you with Quick Launch. You can look at the
related links to see how to get the default shortcuts for Quick Launch
back.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72...ck-launch.html

Shawn


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It was locked but I've unlocked it - makes no difference but I can now see
the start and end markers for the QL - two vertical rows of dots. I can grab
the right hand marker and move it to the right - but still have nothing in
the quick launch area.

I've created new shortcuts and put them in the quick launch folder - yes I
checked the path to make sure I've been looking in the right place. The new
ones show - for the time being. I need to recreate "show desktop" shortcut.
I'm sure I've seen that somewhere

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, David.
>
> I can't picture just what you are seeing. But I wonder about 2 things.
>
> First, is your Taskbar locked? Right-click on the Taskbar and make sure
> that there's no check in front of Lock the Taskbar.
>
> Second, have you tried to drag the little QL end marker? It's hard to spot,
> especially on Vista's black Taskbar. But hover your mouse over the right
> end of the QL toolbar and see if you get a double-headed arrow. If so, drag
> it to the right until you can see all - or at least more - of your QL icons.
> (If there are more icons than can be displayed with your setting, you SHOULD
> see a small pair of chevrons indicating that there are more. Do you see
> these chevrons?)
>
> If that doesn’t work, post back and we'll try harder. ;<}
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "daviduk99" <> wrote in message
> news:981F5A3C-A68F-4266-BF1A-...
> > I have a new Vista home PC. After a day or so the quick launch toolbar was
> > empty. It was switched on but no icons. if I switch it off, then any
> > open
> > windows on the task bar move left close to the "start" icon and if I
> > switch
> > it back on they move to the right to make space for the quick launch
> > icons -
> > but there's nothing there. I looked at the quick launch folder - ok. I
> > added several shortcuts to the folder so there were 10 shortcuts there and
> > two - only two - appeared in the taskbar - but after a while they
> > disappeared too!
> > what's going on!
>

daviduk99;524601 Wrote:
> It was locked but I've unlocked it - makes no difference but I can now
> see
> the start and end markers for the QL - two vertical rows of dots. I can
> grab
> the right hand marker and move it to the right - but still have nothing
> in
> the quick launch area.
>
> I've created new shortcuts and put them in the quick launch folder -
> yes I
> checked the path to make sure I've been looking in the right place. The
> new
> ones show - for the time being. I need to recreate "show desktop"
> shortcut.
> I'm sure I've seen that somewhere
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:

David,

Here you go.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...w-desktop.html

Shawn


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Hey, thanks Brink. My show desktop icon & switch between window icon just
disappeared. I am going to try what you recommended; downloading shortcuts.
--
Thanks to all,
Tonio Geavanti


"brink" wrote:

>
> daviduk99;523525 Wrote:
> > I have a new Vista home PC. After a day or so the quick launch toolbar
> > was
> > empty. It was switched on but no icons. if I switch it off, then any
> > open
> > windows on the task bar move left close to the "start" icon and if I
> > switch
> > it back on they move to the right to make space for the quick launch
> > icons -
> > but there's nothing there. I looked at the quick launch folder - ok. I
> > added several shortcuts to the folder so there were 10 shortcuts there
> > and
> > two - only two - appeared in the taskbar - but after a while they
> > disappeared too!
> > what's going on!
>
> Hi David,
>
> This tutorial may help you with Quick Launch. You can look at the
> related links to see how to get the default shortcuts for Quick Launch
> back.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72...ck-launch.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> OM\")
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Tonio;572603 Wrote:
> Hey, thanks Brink. My show desktop icon & switch between window icon
> just
> disappeared. I am going to try what you recommended; downloading
> shortcuts.
> --
> Thanks to all,
> Tonio Geavanti
>
>
> "brink" wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > daviduk99;523525 Wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi David,
> > >
> > > This tutorial may help you with Quick Launch. You can look at the
> > > related links to see how to get the default shortcuts for Quick
> > Launch
> > > back.
> > >
> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72...ck-launch.html
> > >
> > > Shawn
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > brink
> > >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > > 'WWW.VISTAX64.COM' (http://WWW.VISTAX64.COM)
> > (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\")
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> > > > >

Your welcome Tonio,

That should restore them for you.

Shawn


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