Adding icons to the taskbar?

[LesleyW]

I want to add the calculator icon to the Windows NT Taskbar. I've tried right-clicking it, looked in MSDN and can't find anything likely.

I will also want to do this on my home PC which runs Windows 98.

Any help would be appreciated

Lesley

 

[johncurtis]

You could use a utility like traymenu

http://rmsoft.itgo.com/traymenu.html

John

 

[wolluf]

Have you got the quick launch toolbar activated on the taskbar (in NT you'll need to have the desktop update installed, win98 has it by default). If you right click on taskbar you should see a Toolbars context menu, with a number of entries. One should be quick launch. Tick it to make it visible (normally 2 or 3 icons in it by default - IE, OE and show desktop). Now if you create a shortcut to Calculator (eg, right click on desktop, select new, shortcut and type calc in the box - creates shortcut on desktop. Right button drag this to the quick launch toolbar and drop it - you'll get copy/move/create shortcut menu - select move and there you are. Rename as necesaary).

PS. Desktop update part of IE4. If its not installed and you have later than IE4 on already, you can uninstall IE back to IE4 or earlier & then install IE4 with desktop update & then reinstall current version or search the forums for 'desktop update' - there's at least one method detailed for later versions of IE without uninstalling.

 

[SgtB]

IE6 should automatically install it for you as well. <should>
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[wolluf]

SgtB - IE6 doesn't automatically install desktop update (I've got an NT workstation and Server installation both running IE6, no desktop update mentioned or installed). The method described in other threads on forums that I've seen is for IE 5 & 5.5 - will probably work for 6 too.

 

[johncurtis]

If you want the active desktop you will have to install IE4 first. Personally I hate it (both active desktop and IE!) You'll have to go one of these routes since you can't natively add icons to the taskbar.

John

 

[wolluf]

thread621-134489 gives 2 methods of installing desktop update without IE4.

 

[johncurtis]

Well found wolluf. I still wouldn't do it though!

John

 

[wolluf]

John,

No, I don't think I would either. I use WatchCat when using NT (

http://vbourdo.cjb.net/?wcat)

- you can define menus that you can put in the tray (or keep entirely hidden - activate with hotkey, which is what I do) - probably similar to app in link you supplied earlier.

 

[SgtB]

Strange about IE6 not having it. Oh well IE4 it is then.

Thanks for the link on WatchCat wolluf, I'll check it out. ________________________________________
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