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Quick Launch Toolbar....
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 |
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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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks for the explanation Jay.
I wondered about registry entries, but didn't know where to start and couldn't find anything that refered to the quick launch tool bar it in any of the books I looked at. Thanks Dermot "Jay Freedman" wrote: 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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Hi Jay
Can you advise a little further......... I have navigated through the subtrees of HKEY_Users and HKEY_CURRENT_USERS to all the MapGroup entries but don't find any reference to "Quick Launch".....I do have the quick launch configured for myslf so expected to find something that would indicate quick launch in HKEY_CURRENT_USER I also tried using the "Find" feature on the registry and entred "Quick Launch" but no results were returned.....I also tried looking up the Registry Help....for MapGroups and Quick Launch but nothing was returned. On Each of the MapGroup I do locate...there are two entries one indicates Games........................Accessories / Games Default I expected to find a reference to Quick Launch somewhere........ (because I am the only one of the four accounts I have setup on my computer using the QLT)....under HKEY_USERS....I compared all entries and could find no difference... Any further help would be appreciated Dermot "Jay Freedman" wrote: 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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Hi Dermot,
I was misled by something I read in the MS KnowledgeBase, and since I did find that entry in my (Windows XP) registry, I assumed it was right. But now I've had a look at two other systems, one running Windows 2000 and one with Windows 2003 Server, and neither of them has that entry. It appears that the folder itself is "special" in the sense that Windows looks for it and treats it specially when it finds it. Here are a couple more articles to look at; they don't address the issue specifically but hint at it: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355 (under "Method 2" there's a list of which folder is the Quick Launch for each version of Windows) http://windowsxp.mvps.org/QLError.htm At this point you've exhausted all I know or could find on the Net. You might get better results asking in a Windows newsgroup instead of Word. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Dermot wrote: Hi Jay Can you advise a little further......... I have navigated through the subtrees of HKEY_Users and HKEY_CURRENT_USERS to all the MapGroup entries but don't find any reference to "Quick Launch".....I do have the quick launch configured for myslf so expected to find something that would indicate quick launch in HKEY_CURRENT_USER I also tried using the "Find" feature on the registry and entred "Quick Launch" but no results were returned.....I also tried looking up the Registry Help....for MapGroups and Quick Launch but nothing was returned. On Each of the MapGroup I do locate...there are two entries one indicates Games........................Accessories / Games Default I expected to find a reference to Quick Launch somewhere........ (because I am the only one of the four accounts I have setup on my computer using the QLT)....under HKEY_USERS....I compared all entries and could find no difference... Any further help would be appreciated Dermot "Jay Freedman" wrote: 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\MapGroup s 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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Hi jay
Thanks for the reply and links. You hit it on the nail...I was thinking about a word posting when it entered my mind I( wanted to ask about "QLT"......this should have been posted as you as in a Windows XP forum......I will repost Thanks again for your help Dermot "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi Dermot, I was misled by something I read in the MS KnowledgeBase, and since I did find that entry in my (Windows XP) registry, I assumed it was right. But now I've had a look at two other systems, one running Windows 2000 and one with Windows 2003 Server, and neither of them has that entry. It appears that the folder itself is "special" in the sense that Windows looks for it and treats it specially when it finds it. Here are a couple more articles to look at; they don't address the issue specifically but hint at it: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355 (under "Method 2" there's a list of which folder is the Quick Launch for each version of Windows) http://windowsxp.mvps.org/QLError.htm At this point you've exhausted all I know or could find on the Net. You might get better results asking in a Windows newsgroup instead of Word. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Dermot wrote: Hi Jay Can you advise a little further......... I have navigated through the subtrees of HKEY_Users and HKEY_CURRENT_USERS to all the MapGroup entries but don't find any reference to "Quick Launch".....I do have the quick launch configured for myslf so expected to find something that would indicate quick launch in HKEY_CURRENT_USER I also tried using the "Find" feature on the registry and entred "Quick Launch" but no results were returned.....I also tried looking up the Registry Help....for MapGroups and Quick Launch but nothing was returned. On Each of the MapGroup I do locate...there are two entries one indicates Games........................Accessories / Games Default I expected to find a reference to Quick Launch somewhere........ (because I am the only one of the four accounts I have setup on my computer using the QLT)....under HKEY_USERS....I compared all entries and could find no difference... Any further help would be appreciated Dermot "Jay Freedman" wrote: 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\MapGroup s 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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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