On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:24:28 -0800, Dermot
wrote:

Can any one till me how the quick Launch toolbar is actually created.

I can browse to the folder and see the contents of the QL folder.....but I
would like to understand how it's converted into the actual toolbar beside
the start button?

I have spent a good part of the day looking through many involved XP
books....ie XP Inside out....etc...but they only tell you how to swith it of
and on.

Please someone put me out of my misery.
Thanks

There's a key in the registry,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\GrpConv\MapGroups

Under that key, Windows makes an entry named "Quick Launch" whose
value is the path to that folder you found. Whatever is in that folder
becomes a button on the QLT through the magic of programming.

If your computer has more than one user defined, each user gets
his/her own registry entry under

HKEY_USERS\security identifier for this user
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GrpConv \MapGroups

and that entry is copied to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER area when that user
logs on.

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