How do you customize Quick Launch to show up automatic?

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I have problems making the Quick Launch Toolbar show up for users automatically the first time they log on. We have a lot of inexperienced users and really need to help them to make this feature show up automatically

I have discovered through auditing that the registry key that stores the settings for the Toolbars in Explorer are (very logical ïŠ)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021493-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enu

The value "Implementing" contains a binary string which somehow tells Windows XP how to arrange the toolbars. The funny thing is that it never uses the same binary value twice. I can’t just export out the values when the Quick Launch Toolbar is visible, and later import it back. If I keep on hiding and showing the Quick Launch toolbar, the binary value is different for every time. And to make matters worse it seems like you can’t import any old value that you knew worked earlier. In this case nothing happens

I am baffled over how overcomplicated this feature is in the registry. Just putting in a value named “QuickLaunch†and give it a value of 0 or 1 was to easy of course. ï

So how do you programmatically change this option? Can anybody at Microsoft please answer me and give me a clue as how to do this

bets regard

Bruno Horva
CSC
 
Bruno,

Though you've tracked down the related registry key, it did not work for me (way back, I tried the same). For the QL to be enabled for the new users during their first logon, you'll need to customize the Default User profile.

HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=319974

This is the best (or the only) method which I can think of.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi!

I have problems making the Quick Launch Toolbar show up for users automatically the first time they log on. We have a lot of inexperienced users and really need to help them to make this feature show up automatically.

I have discovered through auditing that the registry key that stores the settings for the Toolbars in Explorer are (very logical ïŠ):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021493-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum

The value "Implementing" contains a binary string which somehow tells Windows XP how to arrange the toolbars. The funny thing is that it never uses the same binary value twice. I can’t just export out the values when the Quick Launch Toolbar is visible, and later import it back. If I keep on hiding and showing the Quick Launch toolbar, the binary value is different for every time. And to make matters worse it seems like you can’t import any old value that you knew worked earlier. In this case nothing happens.

I am baffled over how overcomplicated this feature is in the registry. Just putting in a value named “QuickLaunch†and give it a value of 0 or 1 was to easy of course. ïŠ

So how do you programmatically change this option? Can anybody at Microsoft please answer me and give me a clue as how to do this?

bets regards

Bruno Horvat
CSC
 
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