Vista Tutorial - Taskbar Custom Toolbars

Hi,

In Windows XP I have a custom shortcut bar attached to the right-hand side
of my screen that is always on top. But when I try to do the same thing in
Vista I cannot drag it from the taskbar to the right-hand side of the screen.
Has Vista removed this function thus me having to revert to the Microsoft
Office Shortcut bar?

Thanks in advance for any help given.

Jamie

Create a new folder on the desktop, drag it to the edge you want--it becomes
a toolbar. Then right click it, Toolbars, New Toolbar, find your toolbar and
choose it. Then right click the New Folder toolbar and choose to close it.
The toolbar you added should stay--adjust it's properties as you like. You
may have to repeat this procedure a time or two.

--
Maxwell Bluemeanie
"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5232504C-3083-4018-9C7B-94D2DF52C880@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> In Windows XP I have a custom shortcut bar attached to the right-hand side
> of my screen that is always on top. But when I try to do the same thing in
> Vista I cannot drag it from the taskbar to the right-hand side of the
> screen.
> Has Vista removed this function thus me having to revert to the Microsoft
> Office Shortcut bar?

Hi Max,

Thanks for the reply.

I gave that a try but it doesn't seem to work. The problem is that I can
create the toolbar like you would in XP. Once you complete the process the
new toolbar appears in the Taskbar. In XP you could unlock the Taskbar and
drag the newly created toolbar to any part of the desktop whether it be top,
left or right of the screen or in its own window. The problem with Vista is
that when I click the toolbar and try to drag it off the Taskbar, the mouse
cursor simply changes back to an arrow and nothing happens. I can only move
it left or right on the Taskbar. So it either is a bug or this function has
been removed from Vista.

Before I submit something to microsoft I just like to be sure its not
something I'm missing.

Thanks
Jamie

"Max" wrote:

> Create a new folder on the desktop, drag it to the edge you want--it becomes
> a toolbar. Then right click it, Toolbars, New Toolbar, find your toolbar and
> choose it. Then right click the New Folder toolbar and choose to close it.
> The toolbar you added should stay--adjust it's properties as you like. You
> may have to repeat this procedure a time or two.
>
> --
> Maxwell Bluemeanie
> "Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5232504C-3083-4018-9C7B-94D2DF52C880@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > In Windows XP I have a custom shortcut bar attached to the right-hand side
> > of my screen that is always on top. But when I try to do the same thing in
> > Vista I cannot drag it from the taskbar to the right-hand side of the
> > screen.
> > Has Vista removed this function thus me having to revert to the Microsoft
> > Office Shortcut bar?
>
>