Toolbars in Vista

On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar along the
right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had to do was move the
curser to the right side of the screen, and the toolbar would pop up. I used
it for quick access to all my work files and folders.

I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best I can do
is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even when it's "unlocked" I
can't relocate it to a different location on the the screen.

I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it functions is
as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser to a folder, then the
folder contents scroll out to the left. With my filing system I've got
folders within folders that makes this "scrolling" take too long to get to
deep files.

Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include folders that you
can just left click and "open" the contents of the folder?

--

Bob Cabrera
Phone & Fax: 631-234-1869
-------------------------------------------

Hi Bob,

See if this would meet your needs.
Right click the Start menu then left click Properties.
On the Start Menu tab select Customize.
Scroll down where you see Documents and select "Display as a link"
Click OK

Now click Start and you should see Documents listed.

--
All the best,
SG

ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend

"bcab17" <> wrote in message
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> On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar along the
> right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had to do was move the
> curser to the right side of the screen, and the toolbar would pop up. I
> used it for quick access to all my work files and folders.
>
> I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best I can
> do is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even when it's
> "unlocked" I can't relocate it to a different location on the the screen.
>
> I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it functions
> is as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser to a folder, then
> the folder contents scroll out to the left. With my filing system I've got
> folders within folders that makes this "scrolling" take too long to get to
> deep files.
>
> Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include folders that
> you can just left click and "open" the contents of the folder?
>
> --
>
> Bob Cabrera
> Phone & Fax: 631-234-1869
> -------------------------------------------
>

in vista you can place a new toolbar only on the top..

to do this drag the folder up to the very top of the screen and dont let the
mouse button go until you
"collide" to the top of the screen with your mouse arrow and then release
the mouse button,
the toolbar will appear with the behavior you are used to in XP

tell me if this helps...

if you want there are OTHER solutions for a side toolbar but this would mean
you would use third party application.. IF you are interested tell me and
ill tell you how



"bcab17" <> wrote in message
news:3B502077-E650-41DC-AEB3-...
> On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar along the
> right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had to do was move the
> curser to the right side of the screen, and the toolbar would pop up. I
> used it for quick access to all my work files and folders.
>
> I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best I can
> do is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even when it's
> "unlocked" I can't relocate it to a different location on the the screen.
>
> I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it functions
> is as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser to a folder, then
> the folder contents scroll out to the left. With my filing system I've got
> folders within folders that makes this "scrolling" take too long to get to
> deep files.
>
> Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include folders that
> you can just left click and "open" the contents of the folder?
>
> --
>
> Bob Cabrera
> Phone & Fax: 631-234-1869
> -------------------------------------------
>

If you want a SIDE BAR and not a TOP bar as I described you will need a
third party application

here are 2 free programs that you can use as side toolbars and they are
pretty neat too

http://rocketdock.en.softonic.com/

and

http://objectdock.en.softonic.com/





"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
news:47cffe6c$...
> in vista you can place a new toolbar only on the top..
>
> to do this drag the folder up to the very top of the screen and dont let
> the mouse button go until you
> "collide" to the top of the screen with your mouse arrow and then release
> the mouse button,
> the toolbar will appear with the behavior you are used to in XP
>
> tell me if this helps...
>
> if you want there are OTHER solutions for a side toolbar but this would
> mean you would use third party application.. IF you are interested tell me
> and ill tell you how
>
>
>
> "bcab17" <> wrote in message
> news:3B502077-E650-41DC-AEB3-...
>> On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar along
>> the right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had to do was
>> move the curser to the right side of the screen, and the toolbar would
>> pop up. I used it for quick access to all my work files and folders.
>>
>> I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best I can
>> do is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even when it's
>> "unlocked" I can't relocate it to a different location on the the screen.
>>
>> I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it functions
>> is as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser to a folder, then
>> the folder contents scroll out to the left. With my filing system I've
>> got folders within folders that makes this "scrolling" take too long to
>> get to deep files.
>>
>> Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include folders that
>> you can just left click and "open" the contents of the folder?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bob Cabrera
>> Phone & Fax: 631-234-1869
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>
>

"bcab17" <> wrote in
news:3B502077-E650-41DC-AEB3-:

> On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar
> along the right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had
> to do was move the curser to the right side of the screen, and the
> toolbar would pop up. I used it for quick access to all my work
> files and folders.
>
> I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best
> I can do is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even
> when it's "unlocked" I can't relocate it to a different location
> on the the screen.
>
> I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it
> functions is as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser
> to a folder, then the folder contents scroll out to the left. With
> my filing system I've got folders within folders that makes this
> "scrolling" take too long to get to deep files.
>
> Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include
> folders that you can just left click and "open" the contents of
> the folder?



1. Open Windows Explorer (not maximized).

2. Left Click Drag your Documents folder(or your user folder)to the
screen edge of the destop.

3. Let go of the mouse button and enjoy your new toolbar.

4. Right click your new toolbar and select autohide or any other
option.


Dave

Dave Cox <> wrote in
news:Xns9A594ACB867C4dcoxgmailcom@207.46.248.16:

> "bcab17" <> wrote in
> news:3B502077-E650-41DC-AEB3-:
>
>> On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar
>> along the right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had
>> to do was move the curser to the right side of the screen, and the
>> toolbar would pop up. I used it for quick access to all my work
>> files and folders.
>>
>> I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best
>> I can do is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even
>> when it's "unlocked" I can't relocate it to a different location
>> on the the screen.
>>
>> I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it
>> functions is as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser
>> to a folder, then the folder contents scroll out to the left. With
>> my filing system I've got folders within folders that makes this
>> "scrolling" take too long to get to deep files.
>>
>> Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include
>> folders that you can just left click and "open" the contents of
>> the folder?
>
>
>
> 1. Open Windows Explorer (not maximized).
>
> 2. Left Click Drag your Documents folder(or your user folder)to the
> screen edge of the destop.
>
> 3. Let go of the mouse button and enjoy your new toolbar.
>
> 4. Right click your new toolbar and select autohide or any other
> option.
>
>
> Dave
>

An even easier way is

Click "START" then left click drag your "DOCUMENTS" folder (or any
other) from the right pane to the screen edge


Dave

Left, right and top all work with drag and drop on this machine. I think
top-only is peculiar to your machine.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
news:47cffe6c$...
> in vista you can place a new toolbar only on the top..
>
> to do this drag the folder up to the very top of the screen and dont let
> the mouse button go until you
> "collide" to the top of the screen with your mouse arrow and then release
> the mouse button,
> the toolbar will appear with the behavior you are used to in XP
>
> tell me if this helps...
>
> if you want there are OTHER solutions for a side toolbar but this would
> mean you would use third party application.. IF you are interested tell me
> and ill tell you how
>
>
>
> "bcab17" <> wrote in message
> news:3B502077-E650-41DC-AEB3-...
>> On my XP Pro laptop I was able to place a "My Documents" toolbar along
>> the right side of the screen. Set to "auto-hide", all I had to do was
>> move the curser to the right side of the screen, and the toolbar would
>> pop up. I used it for quick access to all my work files and folders.
>>
>> I can't figure out how to do this on my new Vista laptop. The best I can
>> do is add a "Documents" toolbar to the taskbar, but even when it's
>> "unlocked" I can't relocate it to a different location on the the screen.
>>
>> I can actually live with it on the taskbar, but the only way it functions
>> is as in a "scrolling format" where you move the curser to a folder, then
>> the folder contents scroll out to the left. With my filing system I've
>> got folders within folders that makes this "scrolling" take too long to
>> get to deep files.
>>
>> Is there any way to create a "Documents" taskbar to include folders that
>> you can just left click and "open" the contents of the folder?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bob Cabrera
>> Phone & Fax: 631-234-1869
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>
>