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Ok, I little trick that I've used on every version of Windows that had a
toolbar "Quick Launch" feature, doesn't seem possible with Vista.
The trick, I like to place a history toolbar on the taskbar. In preivous
versions like Win98 I did this by going into the Windows folder, on 2000/XP I
found I had to use the C:\Documents and Settings\"users name" \Application
Data\Microsoft\....
The reason I do this is to let me back track to previously visited pages
without first opening IE. I find for me that having the address first in
either my "favorites" or "history" and then having IE open when I click on
the the page feels more natural. In fact this is the major reason I use IE7
over Firefox, or any others of that type. In the same sense I don't open
media player first and browse to the mp3 I want to play, or open my
compression program and browse to the zip file I want to open, that's too
many steps. I want to be able to access my data file and have the program
needed to use it open up when I click on the data file, this means urls as
well IMHO. Having a history toolbar saves me from adding a fair number of
sites/pages to my favorites as well, keeping it a manageable size.
Well in Vista I can't seem to find the History file, so I can't create a
toolbar out of the folder. In fact 2 of the folders I've browsed through in
XP to reach the history folder are shown as short cuts instead and won't let
me access them. I'm fairly sure this is a Vista "feature" because I use IE7
on 2 XP computers and I have the history folder as a toolbar folder, no
problem.
Is there any way to get around this "feature"? Hopefully there is. If not I
might as well use Firefox. I'm even tempted to go back to XP, thats how much
I like using this method.
P.s I have all the folders set as viewablein Vist, so the problem isn't
there unless Vista has a level of folders that are impossible to view no
matter what setting you have in "folder views".
toolbar "Quick Launch" feature, doesn't seem possible with Vista.
The trick, I like to place a history toolbar on the taskbar. In preivous
versions like Win98 I did this by going into the Windows folder, on 2000/XP I
found I had to use the C:\Documents and Settings\"users name" \Application
Data\Microsoft\....
The reason I do this is to let me back track to previously visited pages
without first opening IE. I find for me that having the address first in
either my "favorites" or "history" and then having IE open when I click on
the the page feels more natural. In fact this is the major reason I use IE7
over Firefox, or any others of that type. In the same sense I don't open
media player first and browse to the mp3 I want to play, or open my
compression program and browse to the zip file I want to open, that's too
many steps. I want to be able to access my data file and have the program
needed to use it open up when I click on the data file, this means urls as
well IMHO. Having a history toolbar saves me from adding a fair number of
sites/pages to my favorites as well, keeping it a manageable size.
Well in Vista I can't seem to find the History file, so I can't create a
toolbar out of the folder. In fact 2 of the folders I've browsed through in
XP to reach the history folder are shown as short cuts instead and won't let
me access them. I'm fairly sure this is a Vista "feature" because I use IE7
on 2 XP computers and I have the history folder as a toolbar folder, no
problem.
Is there any way to get around this "feature"? Hopefully there is. If not I
might as well use Firefox. I'm even tempted to go back to XP, thats how much
I like using this method.
P.s I have all the folders set as viewablein Vist, so the problem isn't
there unless Vista has a level of folders that are impossible to view no
matter what setting you have in "folder views".
